Pandemic influenza preparedness Framework for the sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits

Pandemic influenza preparedness Framework for the sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits

The objective of the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework is to improve pandemic influenza preparedness and response, and strengthen the protection against the pandemic influenza by improving and strengthening the WHO global influenza surveillance and response system (“WHO GISRS”), with the objective of a fair, transparent, equitable, efficient, effective system for, on an equal footing:

  • the sharing of H5N1 and other influenza viruses with human pandemic potential; and
  • access to vaccines and sharing of other benefits.