Freedom from Want: The H1N1

• H1N1 now the dominant virus strain• Not the same as seasonal influenza• Large populations susceptible to infection• Vulnerable groups at risk• Higher risk of hospitalization and death: health

services challenged• Implications for the developing world• Dangers of an excessive response: difficulties to

grade pandemics by severity.

Sources: WHO/ European Center for Disease Prevention and Control

Seasonal influenza compared to pandemic — proportions of types of cases

Asymptomatic

Clinicalsymptoms

Deaths

Requiring hospitalisation

Seasonal influenza

Source: ECDC

Pandemic

Asymptomatic

ClinicalsymptomsDeaths

Requiring hospitalisation

Pandemic Influenza PhasesH1N1:Phase 6

Source: WHO

Source: ECDC

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