News update - 1-6 August 2012 pdf, 133kb

NEWS UPDATE – 1- 6 August 2012
CDC preparing vaccine for new swine flu
Mon, 06 Aug 2012
Only 29 human cases of a new strain of "swine" flu have been identified in two years, but the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is making sure it's prepared should the H3N2 strain
become more widespread.
Vacunación contra gripe empezará en marzo
Mon, 06 Aug 2012
Desde el próximo año, el esquema para administrar la vacuna trivalente (que inmuniza contra el
virus de las gripes AH1N1, H2N3 y la influenza B) se administrará desde marzo hasta mayo en
todos los centros de salud, informó el ministerio del área.
Was MedImmune worth $15.6 billion?
Mon, 06 Aug 2012
MedImmune was first to market with a swine flu vaccine in 2009. This year, it won approval for
the first intranasal flu vaccine that contains four strains of the disease. Most vaccines contain
three.
Guidelines in disrepute: a case study of influenza vaccination of healthcare workers
Sun, 05 Aug 2012 12:48:15 GMT|
Practice guidelines are an important support tool for health behaviour change, but effective
implementation of guidelines can be difficult and the gaps between guidelines and practice may
be intractable. This paper examines a neglected but important area; namely, the reasons why
problems may develop in the implementation and uptake of practice guidelines. We explore the
existence of gaps in the translation of evidence into practice-based guidelines for health
promotion.
Fortnightly influenza surveillance overview - ECDC surveillance report
Fri, 03 Aug 2012
Grippe: Vaccin par spray nasal, chaque année, pour les enfants britanniques
Thu, 02 Aug 2012
Les enfants britanniques pourraient se voir proposer dès 2014 –via leurs parents- le vaccin antigrippe chaque année, par spray nasal, si l’on en croit ce rapport d’experts indépendants, qui
appelle le gouvernement britannique à proposer à tous les enfants âgés de 2 à 17 à 17 ans, la
vaccination antigrippale annuelle.