PAHO provides technical guidance to individuals, communities, and health professionals on public health topics related to Influenza. Some of these guides have been created by PAHO technical experts and others have been created by WHO experts and translated into Spanish.
General
- Influenza report 2006
- Pandemic influenza preparedness and mitigation in refugee and displaced populations (2008)
- Protection of individuals with high poultry contact in areas affected by avian influenza H5N1: Consolidation of pre-existing guidance (2008)
- Advice on the use of masks in the community setting in Influenza A (H1N1) outbreaks
- Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response. A WHO Guidance Document
- Influenza A(H1N1): information for workers
- PAHO Strategic and Operational Plan for Responding to Pandemic Influenza 2008-2009
- Response to Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the Americas: Lessons and Challenges (2010)
- Avian influenza: general guidelines (several documents from WHO)
- Public health measures during the influenza A(H1N1) 2009 pandemic. (2011)
Laboratory and virology
- Recommendations and laboratory procedures for detection of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in specimens from suspected human cases (2007)
- Maintenance Manual for Laboratory Equipment
- Instructions for storage and transport of suspected or confirmed influenza A (H1N1) human and animal
- WHO Information for Laboratory Diagnosis of New Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans
- Laboratory and virology: various documents from WHO
- WHO accepts positive PCR results of H5 infection in humans in the following laboratories
- Pandemic influenza preparedness Framework (2011)
- Manual for the laboratory diagnosis and virological surveillance of influenza (2011)
Surveillance
- WHO Interim Protocol: Rapid operations to contain the initial emergence of pandemic influenza (October 2007)
- Provisional recommendations for the antiviral treatment of confirmed or suspected patients infected by the influenza A (H1N1) virus and close contacts (April 2009)
- Preparedness Planning for Influenza Pandemic. Final Report (2005)
- Neuraminidase Inhibitors for Influenza (2005)
- Prevention and Control of Influenza. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2008
- Emergence of a Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans (June 2009)
- Operational Guidelines for Intensified National SARI Surveillance, 2011
- WHO global technical consultation: global standards and tools for influenza surveillance (8–10 March 2011)
- Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Surveillance Systems in the Americas; 2014
- Operational Guidelines for Sentinel Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) Surveillance; 2014
Clinical Management
- Influenza occurring in pregnant women (April 1919)
- Emerging Infectious Diseases (November 2006)
- Pandemic flu: clinical management of patients with an influenza-like illness during an influenza pandemic (2007)
- Pandemic Influenza and Pregnant Women (2008)
- Cuestiones relacionadas con la infección por el virus de la gripe de tipo A (H1N1) y la infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (mayo 2009)
- Considerations on influenza A (H1N1) and HIV infection
- Safety of neuraminidase inhibitors against novel influenza A (H1N1) in pregnant and breastfeeding women (June 2009)
- Considerations and interim recommendations for the clinical management of human infection (May 2009)
- Considerations and interim recommendations for the clinical management of human infection (July 2009)
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Failure from Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) in Mexico (2009)
- Clinical management of adult patients with complications of pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009: Emergency guidelines for the management of patients with severe respiratory distress and shock in district hospitals in limited-resource settings (2010)
- General Recommendations for Clinical Management. Technical Document 2
- Infection control
- Influenza vaccination in pregnancy: current evidence and selected national policies (January 2008)
Health Care and Facilities
- Protecting the faces of health care workers
- Influenza A(H1N1) Guidelines for Managers
- Technical Guidelines for Vaccination against the Pandemic Influenza Virus
- Annex D: Risk Communication and Social Mobilization-Vaccination Against Pandememic Influenza
- Antivirals drugs: their role during a pandemic
- Hand Washing and Personal Protective Equipment. Technical Document 4 (july 2009)
- Guidelines for Managers: Communicating with Staff about Influenza
- The Primary Health Care Strategy and the Response to the Influenza (H1N1) Pandemic. Technical Document 5
- Responding to a second emergency during an Influenza Pandemic. Technical Document 6
- H1N1 Influenza A Disease — Information for Health Professionals (2009)
- Impact of influenza exposure on rates of hospital admissions and physician visits because of respiratory illness among pregnant women (2007)
Food Safety
- Avian influenza and food safety: statement by Dr LEE Jong-Wook, WHO Director-General (2006)
- Avian influenza: food safety issues (2007)
- Food safety (several documents from WHO)
- Highly pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Poultry and in Humans: Food Safety Implications
- The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN)
- A guide to healthy food markets (2006)
Animal-Human Interface
- Protection of individuals with high poultry contact in areas affected by avian influenza H5N1: Consolidation of pre-existing guidance. (2008 )
- Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza: Addressing the Need for Integration between Health and Agriculture in the Preparedness Plans in Latin America
- Avian influenza A(H5N1) in humans and in poultry in Asia: food safety considerations
Information for Journalists
- World Health Organization Outbreak Communication Planning Guide; 2008
- Outbreak Communication: Best Practices for Communicating with the Public during an Outbreak
Travel and Work