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Everything you need to know about the flu illness, including symptoms, treatment and prevention - CDC

Protecting Against Disease Epidemics

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Pandemic Flu Storybook provides readers with an intimate look at the impact pandemic flu events have had on both survivors and the families and friends of non-survivors. The stories within the pages of this book are not folklore, but personal recollections from the 1918 and 1957 events. This collection of stories was first released online in 2008 to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the 1918 flu pandemic. The 1918 flu pandemic occurred towards the end of World War I. Despite the intensity of that global conflict, more people died during the flu pandemic than were killed during the entire war. The death toll from the flu was an estimated 50–100 million worldwide; in the United States, about 675,000 died. The 1957 flu pandemic killed 1–2 million worldwide and caused approximately 70,000 deaths in the United States.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Pandemic Flu Storybook provides readers with an intimate look at the impact pandemic flu events have had on both survivors and the families and friends of non-survivors. The stories within the pages of this book are not folklore, but personal recollections from the 1918 and 1957 events. This collection of stories was first released online in 2008 to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the 1918 flu pandemic. The 1918 flu pandemic occurred towards the end of World War I. Despite the intensity of that global conflict, more people died during the flu pandemic than were killed during the entire war. The death toll from the flu was an estimated 50–100 million worldwide; in the United States, about 675,000 died. The 1957 flu pandemic killed 1–2 million worldwide and caused approximately 70,000 deaths in the United States.

New data on the burden and epidemiology of seasonal flu in Africa - CDC

In August 2011, CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden visited India and saw firsthand CDC’s important work and collaborations around influenza surveillance and research in India. In January 2012, Dr. Frieden returned with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to learn more about CDC’s work there.

The CDC’s Influenza Division in partnership with the National Institute for Communicable Disease (NICD) hosted a Data Management Training Course for influenza surveillance data managers and epidemiologists at the NICD training facility in Johannesburg, South Africa in November 2011.

CDC Influenza Division Co-Hosts Writing Workshops In Bangkok, Nairobi and Seoul

CDC Meets With African Countries to Discuss Influenza Surveillance

CDC and International Partners Share Lessons From 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Response