Influenza

Read more about Avian influenza H5N1 – recommendations for the protection of workers in the dairy cattle sector

Avian influenza H5N1 – recommendations for the protection of workers in the dairy cattle sector

  • Livia Pinheiro Carvalho
  • Stéphane Caron
  • Marianne Picard-Masson

This poster focuses on highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) (HPAI H5N1) of clade 2.3.4.4b. It is intended for workers of the Réseau de santé publique en santé au travail (RSPSAT) who work to prevent occupational illnesses and injuries in all workplaces in Quebec. It is based on interim recommendations aimed at guiding possible RSPSAT interventions with dairy producers concerning this…

  • Interim recommendations
Read more about Revision of the Programme d’immunisation contre l’influenza au Québec

Revision of the Programme d’immunisation contre l’influenza au Québec

  • Comité sur l'immunisation du Québec

The last report issued by the Comité sur l’immunisation du Québec (CIQ) concerning the Programme d’immunisation contre l’influenza du Québec (PIIQ) [Québec’s Influenza Immunization program] was published in 2007. An update became necessary, given the many scientific advances that have occurred in this field.

The primary objective of the PIIQ must be to reduce influenza…

  • Scientific advisory
Read more about Use of Live-Attenuated Influenza Virus Vaccine (LAIV), Flumist® in children and adolescents aged 2-17 years of age with chronic conditions

Use of Live-Attenuated Influenza Virus Vaccine (LAIV), Flumist® in children and adolescents aged 2-17 years of age with chronic conditions

  • Comité sur l'immunisation du Québec

The live attenuated influenza virus vaccine (LAIV), Flumist®, administered by intranasal spray, is approved for people aged 2-59 years. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) recommended in its statement for the 2011-2012 season that, given its efficacy and immunogenicity, LAIV should be used preferentially for healthy children and adolescents aged 2 to 17 years…

  • Scientific advisory
Read more about Public Health Ethics - Selected Resources: Ethics in a Pandemic

Public Health Ethics - Selected Resources: Ethics in a Pandemic

  • Christopher W. McDougall

Public health ethics (PHE) is a relatively new field of study that encourages interdisciplinary discussion of moral issues related to the theory and practice of public health and preventive medicine. Emerging over the last 15 years out of dissatisfaction with the traditional orientations of biomedical ethics, PHE involves the explicit use of concepts from ethical, social and political…

  • Knowledge review
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