Publication: The Effectiveness of Policies to Control a Human Influenza Pandemic : A Literature Review
dc.contributor.author | Dutta, Arin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-05-24T22:20:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-05-24T22:20:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-02 | |
dc.description.abstract | The studies reviewed in this paper indicate that with adequate preparedness planning and execution it is possible to contain pandemic influenza outbreaks where they occur, for viral strains of moderate infectiousness. For viral strains of higher infectiousness, containment may be difficult, but it may be possible to mitigate the effects of the spread of pandemic influenza within a country and/or internationally with a combination of policies suited to the origins and nature of the initial outbreak. These results indicate the likelihood of containment success in 'frontline risk' countries, given specific resource availability and level of infectiousness; as well as mitigation success in 'secondary' risk countries, given the assumption of inevitable international transmission through air travel networks. However, from the analysis of the modeling results on interventions in the U.S. and U.K. after a global pandemic starts, there is a basis for arguing that the emphasis in the secondary risk countries could shift from mitigation towards containment. This follows since a mitigation-focused strategy in such developed countries presupposes that initial outbreak containment in these countries will necessarily fail. This is paradoxical if containment success at similar infectiousness of the virus is likely in developing countries with lower public health resources, based on results using similar modeling methodologies. Such a shift in emphasis could have major implications for global risk management for diseases of international concern such as pandemic influenza or a SARS-like disease. | en |
dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9024861/effectiveness-policies-control-human-influenza-pandemic-literature-review | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1596/1813-9450-4524 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6397 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4524 | |
dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
dc.rights.holder | World Bank | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ | |
dc.subject | ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE | |
dc.subject | ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME | |
dc.subject | AGE DISTRIBUTION | |
dc.subject | AGE GROUPS | |
dc.subject | AGED | |
dc.subject | AIR TRAVEL | |
dc.subject | ANTIBODIES | |
dc.subject | ANTIGENS | |
dc.subject | ANTIVIRAL | |
dc.subject | ANTIVIRAL DRUGS | |
dc.subject | ANTIVIRAL STOCKPILE | |
dc.subject | ANTIVIRAL STOCKPILES | |
dc.subject | ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT | |
dc.subject | ANTIVIRAL USE | |
dc.subject | ANTIVIRALS | |
dc.subject | AVIAN INFLUENZA | |
dc.subject | AVIAN INFLUENZA A VIRUS | |
dc.subject | AVIAN ORIGINS | |
dc.subject | AVIAN VIRUS | |
dc.subject | BORDER CONTROL | |
dc.subject | BORDER CONTROLS | |
dc.subject | BUFFER | |
dc.subject | BUFFER ZONE | |
dc.subject | CITIZENS | |
dc.subject | CLINICAL DISEASE | |
dc.subject | CLINICAL SIGNS | |
dc.subject | CLOSE CONTACT | |
dc.subject | CLOSE CONTACTS | |
dc.subject | COMMUNICABLE DISEASE | |
dc.subject | COMPLICATIONS | |
dc.subject | CONTAINMENT | |
dc.subject | CONTAINMENT POLICIES | |
dc.subject | CONTROL MEASURES | |
dc.subject | COUGHS | |
dc.subject | DEATH RATE | |
dc.subject | DEATHS | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | |
dc.subject | DIRECT CONTACT | |
dc.subject | DISEASE CONTROL | |
dc.subject | DISEASE OUTBREAK | |
dc.subject | DISEASE PREVENTION | |
dc.subject | DISINFECTION | |
dc.subject | DRUG ADMINISTRATION | |
dc.subject | DRUG RESISTANCE | |
dc.subject | EFFICACY OF VACCINATION | |
dc.subject | EFFICACY OF VACCINES | |
dc.subject | ELDERLY | |
dc.subject | EPIDEMIC | |
dc.subject | EPIDEMIC SITUATIONS | |
dc.subject | EXCESS MORTALITY | |
dc.subject | FACE MASKS | |
dc.subject | FLIGHTS | |
dc.subject | GENES | |
dc.subject | GLOBAL INFLUENZA | |
dc.subject | GLOBAL OUTBREAK | |
dc.subject | GLOBAL PANDEMIC | |
dc.subject | H5N1 | |
dc.subject | H5N1 SUBTYPE | |
dc.subject | H5N1 VIRUS | |
dc.subject | HEADACHE | |
dc.subject | HEALTH AUTHORITIES | |
dc.subject | HEALTH INTERVENTIONS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH OUTCOMES | |
dc.subject | HEALTH POLICIES | |
dc.subject | HEALTH POLICY | |
dc.subject | HEALTH SYSTEMS | |
dc.subject | HEALTHCARE WORKERS | |
dc.subject | HEMAGGLUTININ | |
dc.subject | HIGH FEVER | |
dc.subject | HIGH RISK GROUPS | |
dc.subject | HIGH VIRUS LOAD | |
dc.subject | HOSPITALIZATION | |
dc.subject | HOSPITALIZATIONS | |
dc.subject | HOST | |
dc.subject | HUMAN CASES | |
dc.subject | HUMAN INFLUENZA | |
dc.subject | HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUSES | |
dc.subject | HUMAN PANDEMIC | |
dc.subject | HUMAN TRANSMISSION | |
dc.subject | ILLNESS | |
dc.subject | ILLNESSES | |
dc.subject | IMMUNE RESPONSE | |
dc.subject | IMMUNE SYSTEM | |
dc.subject | IMMUNE SYSTEMS | |
dc.subject | IMMUNITY | |
dc.subject | IMMUNIZATION | |
dc.subject | INCUBATION PERIOD | |
dc.subject | INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS | |
dc.subject | INFECTIONS | |
dc.subject | INFECTIOUS DISEASE | |
dc.subject | INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS | |
dc.subject | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | |
dc.subject | INFLUENZA A | |
dc.subject | INFLUENZA A VIRUSES | |
dc.subject | INFLUENZA B | |
dc.subject | INFLUENZA EPIDEMIOLOGY | |
dc.subject | INFLUENZA INFECTION | |
dc.subject | INFLUENZA OUTBREAK | |
dc.subject | INFLUENZA OUTBREAKS | |
dc.subject | INFLUENZA PANDEMIC | |
dc.subject | INFLUENZA PANDEMICS | |
dc.subject | INFLUENZA TRANSMISSION | |
dc.subject | INFLUENZA VIRUS | |
dc.subject | INFLUENZA VIRUS STRAINS | |
dc.subject | INFLUENZA VIRUSES | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION | |
dc.subject | INTERVENTION | |
dc.subject | ISOLATION | |
dc.subject | LABORATORY | |
dc.subject | LARGE POPULATION | |
dc.subject | MASKS | |
dc.subject | MORBIDITY | |
dc.subject | MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY | |
dc.subject | MORTALITY RATE | |
dc.subject | MOVEMENT RESTRICTION | |
dc.subject | MOVEMENT RESTRICTIONS | |
dc.subject | MUTATION | |
dc.subject | MUTATIONS | |
dc.subject | NATIONAL STRATEGIES | |
dc.subject | NEURAMINIDASE | |
dc.subject | NUMBER OF PEOPLE | |
dc.subject | OLDER PEOPLE | |
dc.subject | ONSET OF SYMPTOMS | |
dc.subject | OUTBREAK | |
dc.subject | OUTBREAK CONTAINMENT | |
dc.subject | OUTBREAK CONTROL | |
dc.subject | OUTBREAKS OF AVIAN INFLUENZA | |
dc.subject | PANDEMIC ALERT | |
dc.subject | PANDEMIC FLU | |
dc.subject | PANDEMIC INFLUENZA | |
dc.subject | PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS | |
dc.subject | PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS | |
dc.subject | PANDEMIC STRAIN | |
dc.subject | PANDEMIC VACCINE | |
dc.subject | PANDEMIC VACCINES | |
dc.subject | PANDEMIC VIRUS | |
dc.subject | PATIENTS | |
dc.subject | PERSONAL HYGIENE | |
dc.subject | PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT | |
dc.subject | PHARMACEUTICALS | |
dc.subject | POLICY ANALYSIS | |
dc.subject | POLICY DECISIONS | |
dc.subject | POLICY RESEARCH | |
dc.subject | POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER | |
dc.subject | POPULATION DENSITY | |
dc.subject | POPULATION GROUPS | |
dc.subject | POSTEXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS | |
dc.subject | PRACTITIONERS | |
dc.subject | PREGNANT WOMEN | |
dc.subject | PREPAREDNESS PLANNING | |
dc.subject | PREVALENCE | |
dc.subject | PREVENTION STRATEGY | |
dc.subject | PROGRESS | |
dc.subject | PROPHYLAXIS | |
dc.subject | PROTEIN | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC HEALTH | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY | |
dc.subject | QUARANTINE | |
dc.subject | QUARANTINED | |
dc.subject | QUARANTINES | |
dc.subject | QUARANTINING | |
dc.subject | RESISTANCE TO INFECTION | |
dc.subject | RESOURCE ALLOCATION | |
dc.subject | RESPIRATORS | |
dc.subject | RESPIRATORY SECRETIONS | |
dc.subject | RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS | |
dc.subject | RISK GROUPS | |
dc.subject | RISK OF INFECTION | |
dc.subject | RISK OF TRANSMISSION | |
dc.subject | RISK REDUCTION | |
dc.subject | RURAL AREAS | |
dc.subject | SCHOOL CHILDREN | |
dc.subject | SCREENING | |
dc.subject | SEASONAL EPIDEMICS | |
dc.subject | SEASONAL INFLUENZA | |
dc.subject | SMALLPOX | |
dc.subject | STD | |
dc.subject | STRAIN | |
dc.subject | STRAINS | |
dc.subject | SUBTYPE | |
dc.subject | SURGICAL MASKS | |
dc.subject | SUSCEPTIBILITY TO INFECTION | |
dc.subject | SYMPTOM | |
dc.subject | SYMPTOMATIC DISEASE | |
dc.subject | SYMPTOMS | |
dc.subject | THERAPY | |
dc.subject | TRANSMISSIBILITY | |
dc.subject | TRANSMISSION | |
dc.subject | TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS | |
dc.subject | TRANSPORTATION | |
dc.subject | TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS | |
dc.subject | TRAVELERS | |
dc.subject | UNINFECTED PERSON | |
dc.subject | URBAN AREAS | |
dc.subject | VACCINATION | |
dc.subject | VACCINATION POLICIES | |
dc.subject | VACCINATION POLICY | |
dc.subject | VACCINATION PROGRAM | |
dc.subject | VACCINE | |
dc.subject | VACCINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE | |
dc.subject | VACCINE DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.subject | VACCINE EFFICACY | |
dc.subject | VACCINE POLICIES | |
dc.subject | VACCINE POLICY | |
dc.subject | VACCINE PRODUCTION | |
dc.subject | VACCINE PRODUCTION CAPACITY | |
dc.subject | VIRUS | |
dc.subject | VIRUS SHEDDING | |
dc.subject | VIRUS STRAIN | |
dc.subject | VIRUS STRAINS | |
dc.subject | WORKPLACE | |
dc.subject | WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION | |
dc.subject | WORLD POPULATION | |
dc.subject | YOUNG ADULTS | |
dc.title | The Effectiveness of Policies to Control a Human Influenza Pandemic : A Literature Review | en |
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okr.crossref.title | The Effectiveness Of Policies To Control A Human Influenza Pandemic : A Literature Review | |
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okr.doctype | Publications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
okr.docurl | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9024861/effectiveness-policies-control-human-influenza-pandemic-literature-review | |
okr.globalpractice | Health, Nutrition, and Population | |
okr.guid | 890051468135010520 | |
okr.identifier.doi | 10.1596/1813-9450-4524 | |
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum | 000158349_20080221084211 | |
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum | 9024861 | |
okr.identifier.report | WPS4524 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
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okr.topic | Health, Nutrition and Population::HIV AIDS | |
okr.topic | Health Monitoring and Evaluation | |
okr.topic | Avian Flu | |
okr.topic | Health, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies | |
okr.topic | Disease Control and Prevention | |
okr.unit | Development Research Group (DECRG) | |
okr.volume | 1 of 1 | |
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