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| Avian Flu Pandemic |
| The possibility of a pandemic of avian flu is very real. There is the possibility that schools, church buildings and other public meeting facilities may be shut down & quarantined. Worship activities would be curtailed. For how long, no one knows, but 15 – 18 months mayn’t be out of the question. Public health officials are currently being educated about this disease and plans are being developed on how governments can help their citizens cope with the problem. What role can church administrators & church parish nurses play in helping their churches plan for this nasty possibility? Resources available: Hennepin County Pandemic Planning Assumptions Minnesota’s Personal & Family Readiness Page http://www.codeready.org Washington Post Article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/15/AR2006041500901_pf.html April 2006 Minnesota Monthly Article: http://www.minnesotamonthly.com/articles/pandemicProphecy.html Christian Emergency Network: http://www.christianemergencynetwork.org/ The Centers for Disease Control’s Pandemic Flu Web Site: http://www.pandemicflu.gov/ http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/faithcomchecklist.html The World Health Organization Paper on the Pandemic: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Westwood Community Church, represented by Lynn Nygaard, hosted Carver County officials in a half-day session on the possibilities of an Avian Flu pandemic. Her notes and links are below. "Thank you for attending the Pandemic Preparedness Meeting hosted by Westwood Community Church on June 1st. Per your request, I have attached notes from the meeting, along with pertinent pandemic documents and e-mail addresses for the participants of this meeting. Please look carefully at the Pandemic Web Links documents it contain several web links and other helpful resources. Please contact me if you have any difficultly opening the links or need additional information. Kind regards, Lynn Nygaard Westwood Community Church 3121 Westwood Drive Excelsior, MN 55331-8044 952-224-7312 lynn.nygaard@westwoodcc.org www.nacbancc.org/images/1CommunityPandemicMeetingNotes.pdf www.nacbancc.org/images/2FamilyCommunicationsPlan.pdf www.nacbancc.org/images/3PandemicScenarios.pdf www.nacbancc.org/images/4WestwoodEmergencyPrep.pdf www.nacbancc.org/images/5TheBirdFlu.ppt www.nacbancc.org/images/6PandemicForumParticipants20060601.xls www.nacbancc.org/images/7PandemicWebLinks.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On May 18, 2006, Anoka County (near Minneapolis) hosted a seminar on this topic. They have provided us with a couple of documents, accessible below. FAQ-FaithCommunitiesAndPandemicPlanning.pdf FaithBasedOrganizationsNewsletter3Versions.doc |