Pandemic Prep

How Can IT Respond to a Flu Pandemic?
...examines the potential role of information technology (IT) in business continuity planning to protect companies from the effects of a possible flu pandemic. Web-based seminars, called "webinars", are being used to educate executives on the threat and how they should respond...

Community-Based Avian Influenza Control (CBAIC) Project
...builds capacity in Indonesia for effective avian influenza planning and pandemic preparedness in order to minimise the risk of avian influenza infection and transmission in human and animal populations and to ensure quick and effective treatment and management of infected humans and animals through sponsorship of national-level workshops, development of a National Pandemic Preparedness Plan, national-level desktop- and field-based exercises, and provincial-level desktop exercises...

Business Continuity Planning and Pandemic Influenza in Europe
...reports gaps across Europe in the level of advice given to ensure business continuity in independent organisations and institutions operating outside the health sector. The concern over the economic impact and disruption to business of a flu pandemic is the basis for this survey...

IBM Researchers Helping Middle East Fight Disease
...details a web-based programme designed to allow public health organisations to quickly report, share, and act on medical information across borders...