Pandemics

Pandemics As the H1N1 virus spreads throughout the globe, this round of questions will address HIV/AIDS, pandemic influenza, and malaria. • Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) http://www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/HIVData/GlobalReport o Read Chapter Two of the 2008 Global Report • World Health Organization http://www.who.int/topics/influenza/en/ o Under General Information, study, “Fact Sheet on Influenza”, “Fact Sheet on Avian Influenza” and “Ten Things You Need to Know about Pandemic Influenza” • Center for Disease Control – Malaria http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/basics.htm o Study everything under “About Malaria”, “Prevention” under “Control and Prevention”, “Geographic Distribution”, “History”, and “Impact”.