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Pandemic Influenza

What's New |  Press & News |  Info for Journalists |  Travel Info |  Fact Sheets |  FAQs |  Links | 
Current Level of Alert |  Regional Preparedness (Americas) |  Global Preparedness (WHO) |  Conferences/Meetings |  Software

What's New

International Health Regulations (IHR) 
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3rd Interagency Meeting on Strategic Communication for Avian/Pandemic Influenza.  
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Press & Media Information

PAHO: Animal, Human Surveillance Critical to Contain Avian Influenza 
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PAHO Calls for North-South Cooperation to Prepare for Pandemic 
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PAHO's Planning Subcommittee Opens Meeting 
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WHO Tries to Allay Fears Over Bird Flu

Lee Warns PAHO Member Countries on Pandemic Flu


Information for Journalists

WHO Outbreak Communication—WHO Handbook for Journalists: Influenza Pandemic
WHO Outbreak Communication Guidelines

Outbreak Communication: Best Practices for Communicating with the Public during an Outbreak (WHO)

Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Course (CERC) (CDC)

Travel Information

Travelers' Health 
CDC

International Travel and Health 
WHO

Fact Sheets

International Health Regulations (IHR) 
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PAHO Regional Program on Epidemic Alert and Response: Working to Deal with Outbreaks in the Americas  
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Communicable Disease Prevention and Control at PAHO: Aims, Strategies and Lines of Action 
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Health Surveillance and Disease Management at PAHO 
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Veterinary Public Health at PAHO 
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Frequently Asked Questions on the Proposed Revision of the International Health Regulations (IHRs) 
WHO: IHR FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Ten things you need to know about pandemic influenza 
WHO/CSR

Questions and Answers About Pandemic Influenza (CDC)

Links

Influenza Page of the Secretariat of Health of Mexico 
Influenza page, SSA-México

GF-TADs: Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Diseases 
OIE

Travelers' Health 
CDC

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Current Level of Alert

Influenza Pandemic Threat: Current Situation

Current WHO Phase of Pandemic Alert

Regional Preparedness (Americas)

National Preparedness and Response Plan for an Influenza Pandemic (Mexico) 
Plan Nacional, SSA-México

PAHO Strategic and Operational Plan for Responding to Pandemic Influenza (draft, September 23, 2005) 
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National Influenza Pandemic Plans 
WHO/CSR

Guidelines for the Preparation of a Subregional Plan of Southern Cone Countries for an Influenza Pandemic (Santiago, Chile, 15-19 December 2002) 
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Influenza Pandemic: Progress Report
Resolution CD44.R8—Influenza Pandemic: Preparation in the Hemisphere

Global Preparedness (WHO)

Recommendations and Laboratory Procedures for Detection of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus in Specimens from Suspected Human Cases 
WHO

WHO Global Influenza Preparedness Plan: The Role of WHO and Recommendations for National Measures before and during Pandemics 
WHO

WHO Checklist for Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Planning 
WHO

WHO Guidelines on the Use of Vaccines and Antivirals during Influenza Pandemics 
WHO/CSR

Informal Consultation on Influenza Pandemic Preparedness in Countries with Limited Resources (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23–25 June 2004) 
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WHO Consultation on Priority Public Health Interventions before and during an Influenza Pandemic (Geneva, 27 April 2004) 
WHO/CSR

WHO Pandemic Influenza Draft Protocol for Rapid Response and Containment
Antiviral Drugs: Their Role during a Pandemic
Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions: Their Role in Reducing Transmission and Spread

WHO Pandemic Preparedness Page

Conferences & Meetings

3rd Interagency Meeting on Strategic Communication for Avian/Pandemic Influenza.  
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Subegional Risk and Outbreak Communication for Avian Influenza and Pandemic Preparedness Workshop 
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Caribbean Workshops - Avian and Pandemic Risk Communication  
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Software

FluNet (WHO)

FluAid (CDC, USA)

FluSurge (CDC, USA)

Pandemic Influenza Tabletop Exercise Package (HHS, USA)

EpiInfoTM (CDC, USA)

SigEpi (SIG Salud Pública: PAHO/WHO, in Spanish)

Regional Core Health Data Initiative. Table Generator System (PAHO)
Iniciativa Regional de Datos Básicos en Salud. Sistema Generador de Tablas (OPS)

CIE (Clasificación Internacional de Enfermedades [International Classification of Diseases], PAHO/WHO, in Spanish)

EpiData:   English | español (EpiData Association)

EpiTools
Java Epidemiology