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Trust for America's Health (TFAH) convenes a Working Group on Pandemic Flu Preparedness to serve as a broad-based coalition of organizations that believe that pandemic influenza poses a major threat to the nation's public health, security, and economy, and that the U.S. government's preparedness efforts should be commensurate with the threat.
The Working Group on Pandemic Flu Preparedness focuses on information sharing about government pandemic preparedness initiatives and collegial collaboration. Various members of the Working Group have coalesced around specific activities, including the issuance of joint statements in response to Congressional and Administration actions, hosting Congressional briefings, submission of articles to peer-reviewed publications and supporting ad campaigns urging government officials to enhance pandemic preparedness. The group was started in August 2005.
Interested in Joining?
The Working Group on Pandemic Flu Preparedness welcomes all those that have an interest in issues related to pandemic flu. Membership includes professional and scientific societies, public health and medical associations, labor unions, industry, non-governmental organizations, animal health and conservation groups, among others.
Given the fast-paced nature of the issue, much of the group's work is conducted "virtually" through email exchanges and few in-person meetings are held. Participating organizations are not required to "sign-on" to all of the Working Group's activities; organizations can voluntarily review each on a case-by-case basis.
There is no cost to join.
Working Group Member List
American College of Nurse-Midwives
American Lung Association
American Osteopathic Association
American Medical Women's Association
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Campaign for Public Health
Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
Federation of American Scientists
Foundation for Allergy & Immunology Research
Infectious Diseases Society of America
RetireSafe
Service Employees International Union
Trust for America's Health
Working Group Activities
May 23, 2006
Letter to all conferees on behalf of the Pandemic Influenza Working Group, urging their support for the Senate–passed version of the FY 2006 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill which includes Pandemic Influenza Provisions (H.R 4939)
January 25, 2006
Letter to all members of the U.S. House and Senate thanking them for their efforts to adequately protect the nation from a pandemic influenza outbreak., serves as an important down payment towards jumpstarting efforts by a number of federal agencies to enhance pandemic preparedness and provides important resources for upgrading state and local public health activities with respect to pandemic flu surveillance and containment strategies. The $3.8 billion contained in the Department of Defense appropriations measure, PL 109-148
January 1, 2006
Joint Statement in Response to Department of Health and Human Services Pandemic Influenza Plan.
November 10, 2005
Joint statement to Senate and House Conferees on H.R. 3010, the FY 2006 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill in response to the Department of Health and Human Services Pandemic Influenza Plan.
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