Dr. Robin Robinson, senior project officer of the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), underscores medical countermeasures in the face of a flu pandemic in his talk at the 4th International Bird Flu Summit in Washington, D.C., on March 14-15.
Robinson directs a team of scientists and analysts in implementing the medical countermeasure actions of the HHS Pandemic Implementation Plan, which include developing, acquiring and establishing stockpiles as well as expanding the production of pandemic flu vaccines, antiviral drugs and rapid diagnostics.
He will join over 100 health officials, policy makers, business leaders, and scientists who will discuss emergency preparedness -- a key factor in the global fight against bird flu.
The two-day conference will also cover other topics crucial in sustaining order and business continuity during a pandemic: bird flu detection schemes, risk communication, animal health and food safety, benefit-risk assessment, and treatment of acute H5N1 infections.
