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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

3rd bi-annual newsletter of the REACT project

The REACT project (Response to Emerging infectious disease: Assessment and development of Core capacities and Tools) has released its 3rd bi-annual newsletter. It is expected that the newsletter becomes available online in a few days from the following link:

the REACT homepage

http://www.rki.de/react Major topics that this newsletter cover are the 2nd expert meeting for all work packages that took place from 15th-17th of June in Warsaw, Poland. Four subject-specific core work packages have been established as follows:

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Airport Cooperative Research Program

The Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) carries out applied research on problems that are shared by airport operating agencies. Details are available from the following link:

Airport Cooperative Research Program

Call for research contract announced http://www.trb.org/ACRP/Public/ACRP.aspx

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Monday, August 30, 2010

PAGnet makes its way to a wider yet targeted audience

The network was actively presented to the participants of the following two key meetings in an effort to outreach the PAG community and to be a catalyst of information that gets the good practices rolling:

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News
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Monday, August 30, 2010

Influenza pandemic - Lessons learnt in Singapore

A comprehensive paper was released by officers of the Ministry of Health, Singapore documenting the public health measures taken by the authority to cope with the pandemic and their outcomes, ranging from case fatality rate to border control measures.

Influenza A (H1N1-2009) Pandemic in Singapore – Public Health Control Measures Implemented and Lessons Learnt

http://www.annals.edu.sg/pdf/39VolNo4Apr2010/V39N4p313.pdf

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News
Publication date: 
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

NDM-1 superbugs: Be alert to antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) - the ability of micro-organisms to find ways to evade the action of the drugs used to cure the infections they cause - is increasingly recognised as a global public health issue which could hamper the control of many infectious diseases.

WHO urges countries to take measures to combat antimicrobial resistance

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2010/amr_20100820/en/index.html

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