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APEC EINet
APAN 2006
Singapore
19 July 2006
Louis Fox
Vice Provost & Research Professor, University of Washington
APEC Emerging Infections Network
(EINet): Who We Are
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Founded 1996
APEC-approved project based at the
University of Washington in Seattle, USA.
Dedicated in providing timely information
on emerging infectious diseases (EID’s) in
the Asia Pacific. Our goal is to promote
collaboration to enhance bio-preparedness
in the APEC region.
APEC EINet: What We Do
Information provision: Provide timely,
accurate, and reliable EID information through
EINet’s electronic Newsbriefs and Alerts to
enhance bio-preparedness in the Asia Pacific.
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Biweekly Newsbriefs / Alerts when necessary
EID News, Updates on major EID’s, Newly published
articles on EID’s, and Notifications regarding EID-related
events and conferences
1. Email: Subscription at no cost (N>650)
2. Enhanced Website: all information archived
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Rapid browse/search capability
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Email/print articles of interest
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Top 10 most read/emailed/printed articles
Newsbrief Quick Links
•Most Emailed
•Most Viewed
•Current Newsbrief
•Browse Newsbriefs
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Vol. VIII, No. 21 ~ EINet News Briefs ~ Oct 21, 2005
*****A free service of the APEC Emerging Infections Network*****
APEC EINet News Briefs offers the latest news, journal articles, and notifications for emerging infections affecting the APEC member economies. It was created to foster
transparency, communication, and collaboration in emerging infectious diseases among health professionals, international business and commerce leaders, and policy
makers in the Asia-Pacific region.
In this edition:
1. Infectious Disease News
- Romania/Turkey: Chronology of Avian influenza events; response to avian influenza outbreaks
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- South East Asia: Cumulative number of human cases of avian influenza A/(H5N1)
- Viet Nam: Case of H5N1 virus drug resistance
- Russia: Avian influenza confirmed in Kurgan; H5N1 confirmed in Tula
- China: Reports avian influenza outbreak in Inner Mongolia
- Thailand: First human avian influenza death in 2005
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- USA (Minnesota): 3 additional cases of polio virus infection
- USA/Thailand: Thailand lifts US beef ban
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2. Updates
- Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery
- Dengue
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3. Articles
- Identifying pediatric age groups for influenza vaccination using a real-time regional surveillance system
- Norovirus outbreak among evacuees from Hurricane Katrina--Houston, Texas, September 2005
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4. Notifications
- Partners meeting on avian influenza and human pandemic influenza
- Fifth international conference on emerging infectious diseases
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5. APEC EINet activities
- Pandemic influenza preparedness and response: Information sharing through a virtual symposium
APEC EINet: How We Work
Collaborative Research & Partnerships:
Work with partners to improve regional biopreparedness.
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Inter-economy: Across APEC economies
Inter-agency: Trade/Business and Public health
Inter-disciplinary: Network community and Public
health
Mitigate the threat of emerging infectious
diseases by enhancing collaboration,
communication, and transparency.
Enhance
Communication
Enhance
Collaboration
Enhance
Bio-preparedness
APEC EINet: Model and Goal
EINet
Rumor
Surveillance
Timely and
accurate
information
Enhanced
Bio-preparedness
Case Study: Tsunami
Disaster in South/SouthEast Asia, Dec 2004
Rapid Notification: EINet on
Heightened Surveillance
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Sun 26 Dec 2004 (27 Dec 2004 PST): Tsunami Disaster
in South/South-East Asia.
Wed 29 Dec 2004: APEC EINet emails and posts on
website ALERT I. Threat of infectious diseases recognized
early.
Fri 31 Dec 2004: ALERT II—Provide official URL’s with
specific disease information. Include note on low risk of
infectious disease transmission from cadavers to relay
reliable, evidence-based risk information.
Wed 4 Jan 2005: ALERT III—Report first potential
outbreak news in India and Sri Lanka.
Continued follow-up of tsunami through biweekly EINet
Newsbriefs.
Similar timely Alerts provided during Hurricane Katrina
disaster and recent Avian Influenza activity
Collaboration: Partners in Tsunami
Response
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Email communication with Ministry of
Health and other agencies in Southeast
and East Asia.
Videoconference with Hawaii’s Tripler Army
Medical Center regarding possible CivilMilitary collaborations.
Teleconference with “Uplift International”-NGO with longstanding ties to Indonesian
medical community and the UW-regarding potential development of on-site
response capabilities.
Select Recent EINet Alerts
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Feb 25, 2005: Avian Influenza ALERT—e.g. International
meeting on avian influenza calling for more vigorous
control.
Jun 3, 2005: Avian Influenza ALERT—e.g. special Nature
edition urging world to take pandemic threat seriously;
Pigs could be infected with avian flu virus without
showing signs.
Sep 2, 2005: Hurricane Katrina ALERT with important
EID information and websites.
Oct 28, 2005: Avian Influenza ALERT—e.g. Roche limits
Tamiflu shipments to prevent hoarding; EU bans imports
of captive live birds from third countries; FAO to help
Indonesia fight avian flu.
APEC EINet: How Are
We Doing?
Preliminary evaluations
Recent EINet website statistics
Daily Avg
Monthly Avg
Month Hits
Visits
Month Hits
May
4233
1551
May
Apr
3988
1426
Mar*
3900
1546
Feb
2655
668
Jan
2080
549
Dec ‘05 1790
393
Nov
‘05
253
1968
Apr
Mar*
Visits
131,23 48,089
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119,65 42806
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Feb
120,91 47,937
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74,363 18,725
Jan
64,487 17,020
Dec ‘05 55,510 12,184
* Presentations from Virtual Symposium
on EINet
website
Nov uploaded
59,040
7,606
EINet Website statistics:
Jul 05 – Jun 06
Usage by Country and US (Sector),
Ranked, June 2006
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US Commercial
Unresolved/Unknown
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Netherlands
France
US Educational
Czech Republic
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
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Non-Profit Organization
Thailand
Singapore
US Government
Malaysia
Chinese Taipei
US Military
Italy
Germany
Japan
European visitors increasing with global reach of avian influenza
APEC EINet: What Else We Do
Provision of Online resources:
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Course materials on EID: “Emerging
Infections of International Public Health
Importance”
Quick link to all APEC member Ministry of
Health websites
Research resources (by disease topic,
library search links)
EINet team’s recent publications,
presentations, etc.
And more…
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and
Response: Information Sharing through a
Virtual Symposium
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Visit EINet at:
http://depts.washington.edu/einet
Questions?
[email protected]
THANK YOU!