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Swine Flu Pandemic
The spread of the H1N1 virus, or 'swine flu', has been labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organization, after the initial few outbreaks in April 2009. As the UK moves from the 'containment' phase to the 'treatment' phase, levels of panic have varied greatly, as have the effects of swine flu itself. Proving benign in most cases but lethal in a small minority of others, the pandemic poses complicated problems for governments across the globe.
Emergency planning strategies are now being put through their paces, and RUSI's Emergency Management Programme offers insight into government policy for dealing with pandemics. Assessing the successes and failures in the global and UK response to swine flu, RUSI opens the debate about the UK's emergency planning capabilities at large.
Articles on pandemic
Time to Reflect: What we are Learning from Pandemic Flu
With numbers of cases of swine flu expected to reach into the thousands in the coming months, the UK Government will be tested on their preparedness and implementation of planning for this eventuality.
20 July 2009
Best Laid Plans: Assessing the Impact of Swine Flu
The Department of Health has now moved into the treatment stage of its pandemic flu response. What does this mean for the UK and what lessons have been identified from the containment phase?
7 July 2009
Facing the Flu Pandemic
Swine flu is now officially a global pandemic. Over the next few months, the plans and procedures the UK has developed to deal with this contingency will be put to the test.
12 June 2009
Pandemic Flu: Here at Last?
As cases of swine flu are reported in the UK, health services and emergency planners around the country will be waiting to see if this becomes the global influenza pandemic the world has feared.
27 April 2009
Keeping a Clear Head as Bird Flu Hits Wales
The recent news of a suspected outbreak of the H5N1 ‘bird flu’ virus in Wales, subsequently identified as the less-dangerous influenza strain H7N2, has reinforced two issues which became apparent following the outbreak of H5NI at a Norfolk turkey farm earlier this year: open reporting combined with clear and honest information is the best defence against potential media scare-mongering and public panic.
25 May 2007
RUSI media contributions
We are well prepared for swine flu
Jennifer Cole for The Guardian
WHO declares swine flu a global pandemic
Jennifer Cole for The Guardian Podcast
Swine flu: the tipping point
Jennifer Cole for The Guardian
Swine flu: we're coping just fine
Jennifer Cole for The Guardian
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