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Pandemic Influenza Resource Sites

Surveillance European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS): EISS Weekly Electronic Bulletin Influenza Pandemic: Preparation in the Western Hemisphere. 44^th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) \| español WHO Global Influenza Preparedness Plan, WHO Publications, CSR Information Resources, Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (CSR), World Health Organization (WHO) \| español - WHO Checklist for Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Planning N.M. Ferguson et al., Strategies for containing an emerging influenza pandemic in Southeast Asia. Nature advance online publication; published online 3 August 2005 \| doi: 10.1038/nature04017 (in Spanish) Documento de trabajo de la Comisión sobre la planificación comunitaria de la preparación y la respuesta frente a pandemias de gripe, Actividades de la Unión Europea: Salud Pública. El sitio "EUROPA", portal de la Unión Europea Prevention and Control Drugs and Vaccines Antiviral Drugs and the Flu, Preventing the Flu, CDC Influenza (Flu) Page, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA Flu Drugs, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA (fact sheet) Influenza Virus Vaccine, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), USA Testimony: Statement by Julie Louis Gerberding, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Department of Health and Human Services, on Influenza and Influenza Vaccine Safety and Supply before the The Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, & Education, U.S. House of Representatives. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), USA Economic Impact: Meltzer MI, Cox NJ, Fukuda K, The economic impact of pandemic influenza in the United States: priorities for intervention. PubMed, National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA Population Groups: Give these people influenza vaccine! Why? This year, influenza is again expected to kill more than 36,000 people in the United States,Immunization Action Coalition, USA Toolkits FluSurge Software: manual and spreadsheet (provides hospital administrators and public health officials estimates of the surge in demand for hospital-based services during the next influenza pandemic). Influenza (Flu) Page, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) FluAid Software (software created by CDC designed to assist state and local level planners in preparing for the next influenza pandemic). National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), USA Training: Preparedness Training for State Health Officials—Nature's Terrorist Attack, Pandemic Influenza. Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), USA PAHO Resources \| español PAHO Influenza Page - español Pandemic Influenza Resources Avian Influenza Resources PAHO Communicable Disease Unit - español PAHO Veterinary Public Health Unit - español PAHO Zoonosis Page - español PAHO Food Safety Page - español		General Information on Influenza Press Releases From PAHO Influenza Watch: PAHO/WHO Offer Advice on Pandemic Plans (5 September 2005) Flu Vaccine Use Growing in Region (7 April 2005) WHO: "Prepare Now for Influenza Pandemic" (5 April 2005) Latin American Countries Prepare for Flu Pandemic (25 February 2005) From Terra Organización Panamericana Salud cree necesaria alerta y no alarma (18 October 2005; in Spanish) From the Washington Post WHO's Flu Strike Force Plans for the Worst Case (28 November 2005) Vaccine Appears to Ward Off Bird Flu (7 August 2005) Get Ready for the Flu (6 August 2005) Bird Flu Could Be Stopped—If Everything Is Aligned Right (4 August 2005) World Not Set To Deal With Flu: Strategy for Pandemic Needed, Experts Say (31 July 2005) Custom search for "pandemic flu" Multimedia Influenza 1918: "The Worst Epidemic the United States has Ever Known". Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), USA (video) Microbiological Aspects Influenza (19-page PDF article); About the Flu: The Influenza (Flu) Viruses, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases (DVRD), National Centers for Infectious Diseases (NCID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA Pandemic Influenza (comprehensive list of links), National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), USA The Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin. Viruses: From Structure to Biology. Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL), School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Research NIAID Launches Influenza Genome Sequencing Project, News & Events, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Instituttes of Health (NIH), USA (15 November 2004) WHO Resources \| español \| français Ten things you need to know about pandemic influenza (WHO/CSR) Avian Influenza Frequently Asked Questions \| français Avian Influenza: Assessing the Pandemic Threat Influenza: WHO Global Influenza Programme WHO Influenza Page \| español \| français WHO Avian Influenza Page WHO Information Resources, Avian Influenza and Influenza Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (CSR) FluNet Influenza \| español \| français WHO Global Influenza Preparedness Plan, WHO Publications, CSR Information Resources \| español Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, 20-21 June 2002; Draft WHO on the Use of Vaccines and Antivirals during Influenza Pandemics, Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) No. 77 (22 November 2002): 389–404 Other Resources Health Canada Flu Page \| français King Country, WA, Pandemic Influenza Page National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA: Focus on the Flu Focus on the Flu: Research, Pandemic Focus on the Flu: Frequently Asked Questions Pandemic Influenza, National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), USA Influenza Information, Immunization Action Coalition, USA Details of the Influenza Pandemic Plan, Ministry of Health (MOH), Singapore

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