20th century epidemics and pandemics

    • [DOCX File]Report Title - Department of Health

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      Recent review of the epidemiological features of 20th century influenza pandemics highlights the varied characteristics of these influenza epidemics. 3. In particular, variability in clinical features relate to a number of epidemiological determinants, encompassing …


    • [DOCX File]New Zealand Influenza Pandemic Plan: A framework for ...

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      An influenza pandemic is the most likely event to cause a large-scale health emergency. Three major influenza pandemics occurred in the 20th century, reaching New Zealand in 1918, 1957 and 1968. Recent estimates put mortality from the 1918 pandemic at between 50 million and 100 million worldwide.


    • [DOC File]Attachment L: Social Distancing During a Pandemic

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      Deadly epidemics were a part of life before the vaccine and antibiotic eras, but today relatively few people in our communities have experienced them. The deadliest epidemic in recorded history was a worldwide epidemic (a pandemic) caused by influenza in 1918. The 20th century experienced two other pandemics, in 1957 and 1968.


    • [DOC File]Pandemic Influenza Response Plan

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      The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in the U.S. alone, an influenza pandemic could infect up to 200 million people and cause between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths. Scientists and health officials throughout the world believe that it is inevitable that more influenza pandemics will occur in the 21st century.


    • [DOC File]WORST DISASTERS – LIVES LOST (U

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      “The Black Cholera Comes to the Central Valley of America in the 19th Century – 1832, 1849, and Later.” Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association, Vol. 119, pp. 143-153, 2008.


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      Governments know much more about how epidemics can be managed. Different experiences with the disease are as much an indicator of underlying state capacity as a cause of future economic divergence. Still, history reveals how pandemics nudge societies listing in one direction or another in a decisive and consequential direction.


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      The Plague, Black Death, was one of the most serious epidemics. People from all social and economic strata were affected by pandemics. The effects were a dramatic decrease in population and disruption of economic activities such as farming and trade. ... 8.1.4 Mapping the 20th Century – Using post-WWI, post-WWII, height of Cold War, and ...


    • [DOC File]Session 3: The Global Historical Context of Emergency ...

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      Epidemics and pandemics, for instance, have been well-documented by our ancestors. These events have . struck repeatedly . through the centuries, each time resulting in a . sizeable reduction of the world’s population. This amounted to as much as 50% of the population of Europe during the 14th century bubonic plague (“Black Plague”) pandemic.


    • [DOC File]Triage in the Event of an Influenza Pandemic

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      The 20th century witnessed a number of influenza pandemics. The “Hong Kong Flu,” A(H3N2), of 1968, was mild and killed approximately 1 million people world wide. The “Asian Flu,” A(H2N2), of 1957, was also mild and killed approximately 2 million people world wide.


    • [DOC File]Historical Perspective - IT Connect

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      It is interesting to look at the great pandemics of the last 100 years. [Figure: 20th Century Influenza Pandemics] There was the 1892 pandemic in Massachusetts, the 1918 pandemic, and here are the pandemics of 1936 and 1957. An interesting feature of the 1918 curve is the W-shaped curve and the high death rate in young people.


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