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Preparing for Avian Influenza
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Avian influenza poses a complex threat, having the potential to cause a significant health crisis and to cripple the global economy. Containing the disease's spread and mitigating its impact requires a multi-pronged approach. To better provide sound policy solutions for combating avian influenza's challenges, CSIS has aggregated its many resources into one location. Here you will find CSIS's latest resources; a list of relevant experts; ongoing projects; publications and congressional testimony; and events.
Responding to an Influenza Pandemic in the Americas
In partnership with the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), CSIS hosted a conference to consider avian flu preparedness in the Americas.
Public Health and International Security: The Case of India
The purpose of this half-day conference was to look beyond the immediate issues of HIV/AIDS and the possibility of an avian flu epidemic, both already well ensconced on Washington’s worry list.
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Gerald L. Epstein served with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, most recently as assistant director for national security with a joint appointment as senior director for science and technology on the National Security Council staff. MORE
Bates Gill is specialist in East Asian foreign policy and politics who formerly held the Fei Yiming Chair in Comparative Politics at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Chinese and American Studies. MORE
David Heyman worked at the White House in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, National Security and International Affairs Division, coordinating U.S. policies, programs, and budgets related to international cooperation in science and technology. MORE
J. Stephen Morrison served on the State Department's Policy Planning staff, where he was responsible for African affairs and global foreign assistance issues. MORE
Dr. Phillip Nieburg entered the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1977 and remained at CDC until 2003, serving most recently as associate director of CDC’s Global AIDS Program. MORE
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Avian Influenza: Breaking News and Global Public Health Readiness
CSIS and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute offer occasional science policy seminars on Capitol Hill. A session held March 23 addressed public health and surveillance readiness.
Biological Threat Reduction Project
CSIS aims to establish an international biological threat reduction (BTR) consortium of think tanks, universities, individuals, and scientific, public health, and safety organizations to build an international BTR agenda for action. Though the project focuses its pursuits on countering biological terrorism, it has conducted relevant work on U.S. capabilities for response to disease exposure.
Global Avian Influenza Pandemic
Throughout 2006, CSIS will convene government and private-sector leaders to consider best practices and will encourage global cooperation to limit mortality and morbidity and to mitigate economic and social harm.
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Model Operational Guidelines for Disease Exposure Control
CSIS has released a draft report on disease exposure that details recommendations for protecting the American public against natural and manmade contagious disease outbreaks when medical countermeasures are unavailable. David Heyman, director of CSIS’s Homeland Security Program, discussed the report for USA Today, UPI, and on WTOP radio.
China's Response to Avian Flu: Steps Taken, Challenges Remaining, and Transparency
Bates Gill, who holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies, testified February 24, 2006, before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. He provided an overview of the current avian flu situation in China and the challenges that remain in China’s approach to the epidemic.
The Role of C.M.O. within the Department of Homeland Security
David Heyman, senior fellow and director of the Homeland Security Program, testified October 27, 2005, before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight. He examined the role of the newly created position of the chief medical officer within the Homeland Security Department.
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Avian Influenza: Breaking News and Public Health and Surveillance Readiness
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and CSIS hosted a symposium March 23, 2006, providing breaking news on the global spread of avian influenza and assessing public health and surveillance readiness.
Private Sector Avian Influenza Preparedness: Protecting Critical Banking and Financial Services
CSIS hosted a discussion March 16 on assuring the continued operation of critical banking and financial services during an avian influenza pandemic. Speakers described the ways such a pandemic could cause disruptions that differ from those associated with natural disasters or terrorism, and addressed sector-specific regulatory, liability, and other preparedness issues.
The Intersection Between the Avian Influenza and HIV/AIDS Pandemics
This roundtable held in December 2005 examined the potential foreign assistance implications for HIV/AIDS programs related to expanded commitments to avian flu; how avian flu will affect populations with large numbers of persons living with HIV/AIDS; and how the international response to avian flu relates to emerging institutional capacities to control HIV/AIDS.
HHMI/CSIS Symposium
CSIS and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute held a symposium in September 2005 titled "Confronting Influenza: Are We Prepared?" The event examined the current state of research, treatment development, and U.S. and global strategies.
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