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The Conference Board Avian Flu Resource Pages

The Conference Board Avian Flu Resource site is part of an ongoing communications, information sharing, and research initiative to assist Conference Board members and the public at large with insights and knowledge to use in reaching informed decisions. Whether for corporate, civic, or individual roles, we plan to sustain a continuing flow of useful information on the danger and challenges that avian flu poses to business and to society. Please monitor our Web site for updates.

General Information and Overviews

Booz Allen Hamilton – Influenza Pandemic Simulation Reveals Challenges in Delivering Essential Services During Widespread Outbreak, Press Release, April 27, 2006
http://www.boozallen.com/about/article_news-ideas/2912247?lpid=66005

Booz Allen Hamilton – Influenza Pandemic Simulation: Implications for the Public and Private Sectors
A simulation developed in collaboration with The World Economic Forum and Booz Allen Hamilton
http://www.boozallen.com/media/file/Influenza_Pandemic_Simulation.pdf

Council on Foreign Relations: Foreign Affairs Magazine
The Next Pandemic? A special section in the July/August 2005 issue of Foreign Affairs
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/background/pandemic/

Don't Fear Fear or Panic Panic - an economist's view of pandemic flu
Dr.Sherry Cooper, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. October 2005
http://www.bmonesbittburns.com/economics/reports/20051011/dont_fear_fear.pdf

Harvard School of Public Health. Project on the Public and Biological Security, October 26, 2006.
Survey results show that few working people (19%) are aware of any plan at their workplace to respond to a serious outbreak of pandemic flu.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/panflu/panflu_release_topline.doc (word doc)
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/panflu/panflu_charts.ppt (powerpoint file)

Influenza A (H5N1): Will It Be the Next Pandemic Influenza? Are We Ready? John G. Bartlett, MD, and Frederick G. Hayden, MD Annals of Internal Medicine
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/143/6/460

International Monetary Fund. The Global Economic and Financial Impact of an Avian Flu Pandemic and the Role of the IMF, February 28, 2006
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/afp/2006/eng/022806.pdf

UN Food and Agricultural Organization Bi-Weekly Maps of Avian Flu Outbreak
http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/maps.html

World Health Organization - Fact Sheet
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/avian_influenza/en/index.html

World Health Organization - Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/avian_faqs/en/index.html

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