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ReviewThe Journal of hospital infection2014

From SARS in 2003 to H1N1 in 2009: lessons learned from Taiwan in preparation for the next pandemic.

M-Y Yen, A W-H Chiu, J Schwartz, C-C King, Y E Lin, S-C Chang, D Armstrong, P-R Hsueh

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Review in The Journal of hospital infection, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

M-Y YenSection of Infectious Diseases, Taipei City Hospital, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: myyen1121@gmail.com.
A W-H ChiuDepartment of Surgery, Taipei City Hospital, Department of Health, Taipei City Government and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
J SchwartzDepartment of Political Science, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY, USA.
C-C KingInstitute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Y E LinCenter for Environmental Laboratory Services, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
S-C ChangDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
D ArmstrongMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
P-R HsuehDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: hsporen@ntu.edu.tw.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In anticipation of a future pandemic potentially arising from H5N1, H7N9 avian influenza or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, and in large part in response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003, the city of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed extensive new strategies to manage pandemics. These strategies were tested during the 2009 H1N1 outbreak. This article assesses pandemic preparedness in Taipei in the wake of recent pandemic experiences in order to draw lessons relevant to the broader international public health community. Drawing on Taiwan and Taipei Centers for Disease Control data on pandemic response and control, we evaluated the effectiveness of the changes in pandemic response policies developed by these governments over time, emphasizing hospital and medical interventions with particular attention paid to Traffic Control Bundling. SARS and H1N1 2009 catalysed the Taiwan and Taipei CDCs to continuously improve and adjust their strategies for a future pandemic. These new strategies for pandemic response and control have been largely effective at providing interim pandemic containment and control, while development and implementation of an effective vaccination programme is underway. As Taipei's experiences with these cases illustrate, in mitigating moderate or severe pandemic influenza, a graduated process including Traffic Control Bundles accompanied by hospital and medical interventions, as well as school- and community-focused interventions, provides an effective interim response while awaiting vaccine development. Once a vaccine is developed, to maximize pandemic control effectiveness, it should be allocated with priority given to vulnerable groups, healthcare workers and school children.

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Civil DefenseCommunicable Disease ControlHumansInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanPandemicsSevere Acute Respiratory SyndromeTaiwanH1N1Pandemic preparednessSevere acute respiratory syndromeSix SigmaTraffic Control BundlesVaccination campaigns

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PMCPMC7114835

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