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PG11 Emerging infectious diseases and pandemic planning

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: Anita Simonds (London, United Kingdom), Stefano Aliberti (Milan, Italy)
Aims: To provide participants with an essential up-to-the minute guide to handling emerging pandemic threats; to describe the key lessons that should be learnt from the Ebola and influenza epidemics; to detail the role of antivirals; and to provide an update regarding current trials in pandemic management.
Target audience: Respiratory physicians, intensivists, microbiologists, allied health professionals, scientists, primary care and public health teams, and PREPARE EU project team members.

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Preparedness for emerging pathogens: challenges and needs Menno de Jong (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Ebola: challenges for public health – what have we learnt? Marion Koopmans (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Preventing the next influenza pandemic Albert Osterhaus (Hannover, Germany)
Antiviral therapy – the evidence base and clinical trials Theo Verheij (Utrecht, Netherlands)