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Chapter 3: Gaps, Needs and Recommendations 17
Human capacity 17
Information 19
Forward regional engagement 19
Vaccine production 20
Coordination 21
Conclusion 22
EpidemICs in a Changing World
Report of the Expert Working Group
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References 23
Table 1: Mortality associated with global influenza outbreaks 5
Table 2: The impact associated with selected disease events 5
Figure 1: Quarantine camp, South Australia, in the 1918–19 influenza pandemic 2
Figure 2: Number of emerging infectious disease events per decade 3
Figure 3: Emergent viruses identified since 1994 4
Figure 4: The changing pattern of farming in south east Asia 13
Figure 5: Conduct of an emergency animal disease response 32
Figure 6: Flow of communicable disease information 34
Text Box 1: The new H1N1 influenza, April 2009 2
Text Box 2: SARS – unexpected and unknown 4
Text Box 3: Hendra virus outbreaks in Queensland 2008 7
Text Box 4: Movement of bluetongue virus and climate change 10
Text Box 5: “Back to the future” – water harvesting and dengue 11
Text Box 6: Equine influenza 2007 12
Text Box 7: Antiviral drug resistance in influenza viruses 15
Text Box 8: Key Australian institutions working on disease emergence 17
Appendices
Appendix 1: the Expert Working Group 25
Appendix 2: Detailed Terms Of Reference 26
Appendix 3: Selected infectious agents 27
Appendix 4: Capacity and capability to respond to emerging infectious diseases 31
Appendix 5: Glossary 37