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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
School closures during the 2009 influenza pandemic: National and local experiences
BMC Infectious Diseases, Volume 14, No. 1, Article 207, Year 2014
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Description
Background: School closure is a non-pharmaceutical intervention that was considered in many national pandemic plans developed prior to the start of the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic, and received considerable attention during the event. Here, we retrospectively review and compare national and local experiences with school closures in several countries during the A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic. Our intention is not to make a systematic review of country experiences; rather, it is to present the diversity of school closure experiences and provide examples from national and local perspectives.Methods: Data were gathered during and following a meeting, organized by the European Centres for Disease Control, on school closures held in October 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden. A standard data collection form was developed and sent to all participants. The twelve participating countries and administrative regions (Bulgaria, China, France, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Serbia, South Africa, Thailand, United Kingdom, and United States) provided data.Results: Our review highlights the very diverse national and local experiences on school closures during the A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic. The processes including who was in charge of making recommendations and who was in charge of making the decision to close, the school-based control strategies, the extent of school closures, the public health tradition of responses and expectations on school closure varied greatly between countries. Our review also discusses the many challenges associated with the implementation of this intervention and makes recommendations for further practical work in this area.Conclusions: The single most important factor to explain differences observed between countries may have been the different public health practises and public expectations concerning school closures and influenza in the selected countries. © 2014 Cauchemez et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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https://efashare.b-cdn.net/share/pmc/articles/PMC4021091/bin/1471-2334-14-207-S1.xlsx
Authors & Co-Authors
Cauchemez, Simon
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
van Kerkhove, Maria D.
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Archer, Brett Nicholas
South Africa, Johannesburg
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Cetron, Martin S.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Cowling, Benjamin John
Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong Li ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
Grove, Peter
Unknown Affiliation
Hunt, Darren
New Zealand, Wellington
Ministry of Health - new Zealand
Kojouharova, Mira
Bulgaria, Sofia
National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Bulgaria
Kon, Predrag
Serbia, Belgrade
Institute of Public Health of Belgrade
Ungchusak, Kumnuan
Thailand, Nontaburi
Thailand Ministry of Public Health
Oshitani, Hitoshi
Japan, Sendai
Graduate School of Medicine
Pugliese, Andrea
Italy, Trento
Università Di Trento
Rizzo, Caterina
Italy, Rome
Istituto Superiore Di Sanita
Saour, Guillaume
France, Paris
Ministere de L'interieur
Sunagawa, Tomi
Japan, Tokyo
National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Uzicanin, Amra
France, Paris
Ministere de L'interieur
Wachtel, Claude
France, Paris
Secrétariat Général de la Défense et de la Sécurité Nationale (sgdsn)
Weisfuse, Isaac
Unknown Affiliation
Yu, Hongjie
China, Beijing
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Nicoll, Angus G.
Sweden, Solna
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Statistics
Citations: 74
Authors: 20
Affiliations: 17
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1471-2334-14-207
e-ISSN:
14712334
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Grounded Theory
Study Approach
Systematic review
Study Locations
South Africa