Pandemic influenza preparedness and response : a WHO guidance document.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

World Health Organization. Global Influenza Programme.

Series:

A WHO Guidance Nonserial Publication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Influenza--Prevention.

Influenza.

Virus diseases--Prevention.

Virus diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (61 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Global influenza program

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Influenza pandemics are unpredictable but recurring events that can have severe consequences on societies worldwide. This revised WHO guidance publication on pandemic influenza preparedness and response has been developed to guide WHO Member States and others responsible for public health and pandemic influenza preparedness activities at the national level. It is the product of expert opinion, derived from several international consultations which included examination of available information and modeling studies, input from public health experts on lessons learned from SARS and both animal an

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Background

3. Roles and Responsibilities in Preparedness and Response

4. WHO Pandemic Phases

5. Recommended Actions Before, During and After a Pandemic

Annex 1. Planning Assumptions

1. Modes of transmission

2. Incubation period and infectiousness of pandemic influenza

3. Symptom development and clinical attack rate

4. Dynamics of the pandemic and it's impact

Annex 2. Revision Process.

Notes:

This guidance is an update of WHO Global Influenza Preparedness Plan, The role of WHO and recommendations for national measures before and during pandemics, published March 2005 (WHO/CDS/CSR/GIP/2005.5).

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Pandemic influenza preparedness and response.

ISBN:

92-4-068361-5

OCLC:

550640971