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A recent survey of American adults found that 76% worried about becoming ill if they had to stay home and take care of the sick during a severe flu pandemic.1
Learn infection control measures.
See updates from World Health Organization (WHO) Public Health Preparedness at http://www.who.int/influenza/preparedness/en/ updated 04.14.2013
| Flu Wikie ForumAn international resource for open discussion |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Seasonal Flu |
| Health Map Global Disease Alert Map |
| Trust for America's HealthPandemic Flu: Lessons from the Frontlines, June 2009 |
| The Sphere Project "Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response" |
| Institute of Medicine (IOM)"The Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready?" |
| MedlinePlus: A Service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine"Flu" |
| Science Daily Influenza News |
| American Academy of Pediatrics"Its Time to Get the Flu Vaccine" |
| KidsHealth from the Nemours Foundation"Infections" Cold and Flu Review" |
| Video: Nova Science Now, Pandemic Influenza |
| Video: A Tale of Two Cities: How St. Louis and Philadelphia Dealt with the Flu Epidemic of 1918by William Stanhope |
| Care at Home Today, UKCare at Home Today provides online home care information and resources for the elderly in the UK |
Analysis of pandemic flu planning efforts stated that the public will need to know about disease and home care.2
Read about how to set up a sick room and care for the ill at home.
Almost 34% of some groups state they do not have anyone to help take care of them if they become sick.3
Learn to set up support networks we call "communities of care."