AJPH: Influenza Pandemics, 1918-2018
2018
This special section of the American Journal of Public Health highlights lessons learned from the 1918 influenza pandemic that has ramifications for contemporary responses to influenza, even 100 years later. In particular, devastation from the 2018 seasonal influenza outbreak illuminated the potential consequences of a 1918-type influenza pandemic in the present-day. The special section unpacks the historical influences of the 1918 pandemic on biomedicine, preparedness response, and public health, while also describing how the rapid urbanization and great population density of today may exacerbate future transmission risks.
Articles in this special section include:
- The 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Lessons Learned and Not—Introduction to the Special Section
- The Mother of All Pandemics Is 100 Years Old (and Going Strong)!
- The Spanish Flu, Epidemics, and the Turn to Biomedical Responses
- The Physician’s Duty to Treat During Pandemics
- “Spanish Flu”: When Infectious Disease Names Blur Origins and Stigmatize Those Infected
- Better Prepare Than React: Reordering Public Health Priorities 100 Years After the Spanish Flu Epidemic
- 100 Years of Medical Countermeasures and Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
Educators can leverage these materials for rich classroom discussion that contextualizes current pandemics with historical lessons learned.
AJPH: Influenza Pandemics, 1918-2018
Source:
American Journal of Public Health: Influenza Pandemics, 1918-2018. American Journal of Public Health 2018; 108(11). https://ajph.aphapublications.org/toc/ajph/108/11.