Question

Disasters take on many faces. They may be natural or man-made. We now live in a global environment, so diseases can spread person to person and continent to continent in days.

Your assignment is to write a three page paper (does not include cover and references). Discuss potential future pandemics and what proactive preparations should be done by the following:

• Federal and state government
• Local health departments/public service organizations (EMS, Police)
• Hospital systems.

Answer 1

As the world is interconnected and due to the extensive global trabel the pandemics are not that difficult to affect human population .So there should be ample preparation or preparedness to fight the menace. suppose the fight is against H5N1 (influeza) virus .

Strategy by Federal and state government

Primarily Govt should have the policy for informing the common people of the associated risks to human health and how to behave or avoid them, and should have norms that facilitates these protective behaviours.That is public education campaign for rising awareness.

• should have a plan to reduce exposure of human being of our country to the possible viruses.and thereby minimise the possibility of pandemics to occur
• Strong early warning system to be implemented
• To work hand in hand with WHO and the affected country to get access to all clinical information and relevant data for a. To ensure rapid containment operation by Govt order such that restricted tour or quarantine of the close contacts on arrival from the affected country and b..understanding the nature of the virus quickly
• so that scientists in our country can work for further development of available vaccines or existing antiviral drug and Govt should order to manufacture these viral vaccines and drugs in sufficient amount for easy availability
• Take part in international scientific forum and research by Govt Funding

• The Local health departments/public service organizations (EMS, Polic
• Existing infrastructure should be broadened and every people or worker should be ready to encounter this emergency situation
• Management protocols are to be followed.strictly and risk assessment to be done
• case identification
• Public awareness to be raised by education to prevent man to man transmission of the virus
• Standard operation procedure for surveillance including laboratory data
• hospital systems should work as a war crisis around the clock and building capacity to fight this. All structured protocol may not be strictly maintained at that crisis time