Pandemic Preparedness for
Faith-based Organizations
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Pandemic Preparedness
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Section 1
Reducing Illness and Death from
a Pandemic in Your Faith-based
Organization (FBO)
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• Describe a pandemic
• Review pandemics in history
• Discuss pandemic interventions
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What is a pandemic?
• An outbreak of a new
infectious disease over a
whole country, continent or
the world
• Number of people infected
rises well beyond what’s
expected
• High death rate
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Examples of Pandemics
• Historic
Typhus, cholera,
smallpox,
tuberculosis,
measles, influenza
• Recent
HIV/AIDS, influenza
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What is pandemic influenza?
• A new influenza virus
emerges for which
there is little or no
immunity in the human
population
• Causes serious illness
• Spreads easily from
person to person
worldwide
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Seasonal
Influenza
• Occurs annually,
usually in winter
• Fever, cough, runny
nose, muscle pain
• Healthy adults usually
not at risk for
complications
• Modest impact on
society
Pandemic
Influenza
• Occurs rarely
• Severe cough,
vomiting and diarrhea
• Healthy people at risk
for severe
complications
• Implications on
domestic and world
economy
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Influenza Transmission
Flickr: placbo
• Spreads through
tiny respiratory
droplets
• Coughing, sneezing
• Touching mouth,
nose or eyes
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Infection Time
• Contagious one day
prior to showing
symptoms
• Contagious up to five
days after symptoms
appear
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1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
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1918 Pandemic: Sept. 14
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1918 Pandemic: Sept. 21
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1918 Pandemic: Sept. 28
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1918 Pandemic: Oct. 5
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1918 Pandemic: Oct. 12
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National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C., Image NCP 1603
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Health Interventions
• Staying home
• Limiting contact with others
• Covering coughs & sneezes
• Washing hands frequently
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Stay Home
• Stay home when you or someone in
your household is sick
• Reduces spread of illness
• Helps keep staff and critical functions
operating
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FBO Actions
• Encourage people to stay home
through conversations, fliers and
other communication
• Establish non-penalizing sick
leave policies
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Limiting Contact
3 – 6 feet
A person who has flu and is standing 3 – 6’
feet from others is likely to spread flu to two
other people.
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Alter Events to
Limit Contact
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Recreation and education events
Worship services
Large meal events
Other events with large groups of people
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Cover Coughs & Sneezes
• Best: Cover mouth
and nose with a
tissue and dispose
immediately
• Second best: Cover
mouth and nose
with upper sleeve
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It’s better to cover your sneeze with your hands than
nothing at all. Wash your hands as soon as possible.
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Frequent Hand Washing
Stops germs that make
you and others sick
Soap and/or hand
sanitizer throughout
building
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Summary
• Pandemics are serious and can
dramatically affect your FBO
• Your FBO can help stem the spread of a
pandemic with some simple steps
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