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UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)

bullet WHO Guidance on Anthrax: 18 October 2001
 
bullet Guidelines for the Surveillance and Control of Anthrax in Humans and Animals
 

 

AUSTRALIA

bullet Fact Sheet - Handling of Mail and Packages, from the Attorney General's Department
 

BELGIUM

bullet Preventive informatie betreffende het voorkomen van verdachte enveloppen / Informations préventives concernant la survenue d'enveloppes suspectes, from the Ministry of Social Affairs, Public Health and the Environment
 

CANADA

bullet Fact Sheet - Anthrax / Fiche de renseignements - La maladie du Charbon, from Health Canada / Santé Canada
 
bullet Security of the Mail - Suspicious Mail Alert / Sécurité du courrier - Avertissement au sujet du courrier suspect, from Canada Post / Postes Canada
 

FRANCE

bullet Maladies, Toxines et Pathologies concernées par le plan BIOTOX - 2.2 Charbon (Anthrax), Ministry of Employment and Public Solidarity - Health
 
bullet Questions / réponses sur les risques bioterroriste, Institut Pasteur
 

GERMANY

bullet Bioterrorismus, Robert-Koch-Institut
 

ITALY

bullet Agenti biologici categoria A (Alta priorità), Ministry of Health
 
bullet Procedure per la gestione di materiale potenzialmente contaminato da spore di antrace, Ministry of Health
 

NETHERLANDS

bullet VWS - Antwoorden op veel gestelde vragen over miltvuur (anthrax), Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport
 

SWEDEN

bullet Aktuell information on mjältbrand (antrax), Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI)
 
bullet Analysis of suspected parcels in Sweden - No positive test results ­ The organization for infectious disease control well prepared
 

SWITZERLAND

bullet Fact Sheet Anthrax - Agent pathogène: Bacillus anthracis (agent causal de la fièvre charbonneuse) / Erreger: Bacillus anthracis (Milzbranderreger) / Pathogen: Bacillus anthracis, Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports
 
bullet Comportement à observer lors de la réception d’un colis ou d’une lettre susceptible de
contenir de l’anthrax ou tout autre agent biologique pathogène / Umgang mit Anthrax und anderen Bedrohungen mit biologischen Agentien / Modo di comportarsi in presenza di antrace e altre minacce dovute ad agenti biologici
 
bullet Recommandations pour la prophylaxie postexpositionnelle du charbon pulmonaire / Empfehlungen zur postexpositionellen Prophylaxe gegen Lungenmilzbrand /  Federal Office for Public Health
 
bullet Milzbrand (Anthrax)
 

UNITED KINGDOM

bullet Information on Anthrax, Public Health Laboratory Service
 
bullet Anthrax information, UKonline
 
bullet Guidance on measures to take if you discover a suspect
chemical or biological (CB) package, or a device goes off
 

UNITED STATES

bullet Center for Infectious Disease Research And Policy (CIDRAP) - medical and bioterrorism aspects of Anthrax, current and comprehensive medical information about the disease
 
bullet Anthrax - Disease Information / Anthrax - Información general, from the Centers of Disease Control, Atlanta
 
bullet Anthrax - Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response, from the Centers of Disease Control, Atlanta
 
bullet United States Postal Service - Press Releases
 
bullet Security of the Mail: Latest Facts Update
 
bullet A mailroom security guide
 
bullet Video training material on mailroom safety
 
Modified by AS, approved by GS. Last modification: 26.09.2002.

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