Swine Flu – H1N1 , General knowledge , Questions and Answers , FAQ and resources

09.14.2009 · Posted in Articles, Informatics, Medicine2.0

This is a wiki article to list Swine Flu online resources for providing an easy , simple , and fast resources list to the most needed Swine Flu information , knowledges Questions and Answers along with Guidelines resources .

General Informations :

CDC : H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) – General Information :
Includes many sub-articles classifying the general information about H1N1 which more dedicated to the public interest .

H1N1 Flu and You ,
Taking Care of Sick Person ,
2009 H1N1 Vaccine ,
Antiviral Drugs : Q & A ,
Facemask & Respirator User ,
Images of the Virus ,
Media – Audio and Video – and Social Media

CDC provides a free materials for H1N1 as well which is very useful for the public . CDC H1N1 General Information articles list .

MedicinePlus Swine Flu :

a Rich page for H1N1 resources , including tutorials , tips , journals along with very good organization of the content and classification of the materials included .

H1N1 Patients Education Tutorial

Hosted at MedicinePlus , is a tutorial in 3 formats , Interactive presentation , self playing presentation and Text summary in PDF format .

Key Facts about Swine Flu – CDC

Key Facts about Swine Influenza (Swine Flu) – CDC , : Provided the most needed general knowledge about Swine Flu in Questions and Answers format .

Flu.gov :
One of the most update-able resources regarding the flu , the site is dedicated to the public with very helpful and useful information , the site content is easy accessible and its media rich as well .

Alert: Important information about swine flu

is one important page by NHS , aimed to provide key messages and actions along with useful tips and resources for the public . contains also in-site NHS posted resources and materials about Swine Flu :

Swine Flu latest News ,
Swine Flu A-Z ,
Swine Flu Q & A ,
Swine Flu – Pregnant Women ,
Swine Flu – High Risk Group ,

NHS is providing a Swine flu information in other languages and formats including Arabic , Chinese , Bengali , Farsi , French , Polish , Spanish , Turkish , Urdu , even Somali and Tamil . There is also a very interesting video about Swine Flu in British Sign Language .

Collection of Basic Knowledge for public

What are the signs and symptoms of H1N1 (swine) flu in people ? – link ,
What to Do If You Get Flu-Like Symptoms – link ,
Interim Guidance for Novel H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu): Taking Care of a Sick Person in Your Home – link ,
How do you catch H1N1 (swine) flu? – link ,
What investigations are taking place about the H1N1swine flu outbreak? – link ,
How many H1N1 (swine) flu viruses are there? – link ,
What ways can we prevent the spread of the flu? – link ,
Use of antiviral drugs against influenza A(H1N1) – link ,
What is phase 6 ? – link .

H1N1 - Guidance :

CDC Guidelines : For Individuals – link , For Communities – link , and For National authorities – link .

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 guidance documents list – CDC :
H1N1 – Guidelines : Alphabetical Order .
H1N1 – Guidelines : Category Order .

FAQ : Frequently asked questions

• H1N1 (Swine) Flu Questions – link ,
• Questions & Answers : 2009 H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) and You . link ,
• Swine Flu – FAQ WHO . link ,
• H1N1 FAQ , link .
• Q/A H1N1 , link .

Swine Flu Wikis and Knowledge bases

Wiki is a collaborative editing and publishing platform , which mostly has multi-authors , references index , and reviewed materials . with publishing policies .

Flu in general has major interest of significant number of Wiki authors and editors , starting from Wikipedia , ending by making dedicated Flu wikis .

Importance of Wiki architecture sites style , is it classify and organize materials Knowledge-base site , Mostly this style is very useful to easily get the informations needed and related contents other than any other different sites architecture .

Flu wikis are providing specific and scientific information regarding the topic ( flu ) , as they are providing basic and general knowledge as well , which make wikis targeting different level of audience ( public and specialists ) .

Flu.Wikia .
Very comprehensive Wiki dedicated for the Flu , contains about 370 articles , and very helpful materials , resources and H1N1 , along with dedicated pages for every country to track H1N1 activities .

Educational Materials are multi-lingual out-site materials ( PDF ). along with many sub-pages for more educational materials about H1N1 .
Very useful simple guide about protection and prevention , dedicated to the public . ” How can I protect my family ” .

FluWikie :
FluWikie was designed to inform people of the real dangers that are associated with the flu.
Well its quite crowded and not that organized , may be because the authors dedicate it to the public .

FluWiki.info :

Is another Flu wiki , it supports other 4 languages than English ( français · español · Türkçe · norsk ) , its quite simple and easy to use , the information are classified , but its not that comprehensive resource for the Flu . FluWiki has a new related totally different style project http://www.newfluwiki2.com/ . which is keeping up with flu news , and tracking activities , news , cases in press . the site is built on other open source CMS , http://www.soapblox.net/ which is more a blog than a wiki , unlike the old style FluWiki.info which used PmWiki Wiki Engine .

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