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From SARS and bioterrorism to pandemic flu, new tools and old medicine: Non-pharmaceutical interventions as a way to protect ourselves against contagious disease

David Heyman, Homeland Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), 1800 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006, 202-775-3293, Dheyman@csis.org

One of the key questions facing the world today is what can health official do to protect against a pandemic flu or novel biological attacks when neither vaccines nor anti-virals are available? In his presentation, Heyman seeks to provide an innovative solution to this timely and enduring question. The briefing (and an accompanying paper) provides a framework and methodology by which fast moving, contagious, infectious, and potentially deadly diseases�including those of uncertain origin or pathology�may be controlled in the absence or unavailability of effective prevention, treatment, or other medical intervention. The presentation will introduce a new concept�disease exposure control�an approach that relies on non-pharmacologic interventions to stem the spread of a contagious outbreak. It will also offer key policy considerations and operational guidelines for city, state and local health officials to implement disease exposure controls during a naturally occurring or deliberate contagious outbreak.

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Any relevant financial relationships? No

[ Recorded presentation ] Recorded presentation

Pandemic Influenza: Non-pharmacologic Interventions

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA