title: [The influenza pandemic 1968-1970: crisis management in separated Germany - "Vodka and Raspberry Tea"].
abstract: The Hong Kong Flu in the years 1968-1970 challenged both German health care                     systems. This article intends to analyse the patterns of reaction to the                     pandemic. Both German states faced the threat according to their respective                     ideological orientation. This applied to the two parts of Berlin - West and East                     - as well. In the GDR the control of influenza was centrally organized. When the                     pandemic passed away an influenza guiding document ("Führungsdokument") was made                     obligatory for the fight against the plague. In the FRG hospital treatment                     maintained predominance while the outpatient sector was administrated by                     physicians in private practice. In West- Berlin outpatient clinics were declined                     by the Association of Physicians ("Kassenärztliche Vereinigung"). In 1970 a                     first concept of surveillance was presented on the level of the state in West                     Germany. In the years 1968-1970 vaccinations were not common in both German                     states. The essay is based on the analysis of archival sources, monographs,                     scientific and newspaper articles.
authors.affiliation: Schwerpunkt operative Intensivmedizin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin. wilfried.witte@charite.de
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Witte
mesh_terms: D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000266:history*; D001604:Berlin; D001628:Beverages / Q000266:history*; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000266:history*; D005859:Germany, East; D005860:Germany, West; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D053122:Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000266:history*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000266:history*; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000266:history*; D058873:Pandemics / Q000266:history*; D011056:Political Systems; D011159:Population Surveillance
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines