Federal guidance to assist states in improving state-level pandemic influenza operating plans : presented to the American states, territories and District of Columbia / by U.S. Government, including: Department of Agriculture [and others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States.

United States. Department of Agriculture

United States. Department of Health and Human Services

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Influenza--Government policy--United States--States--Territories and possessions.

Influenza.

Epidemics--United States--Prevention.

Epidemics.

Emergency management--United States--States--Territories and possessions.

Emergency management.

Epidemics--Prevention.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 pages) : color illustrations, charts

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services], [2008]

Summary:

Effective State, local and community functioning during and following an influenza pandemic requires focused planning and practicing in advance of the pandemic to ensure that States can maintain their critical functions. The Interim Pre-pandemic Planning Guidance: Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation in the United States -- Early, Targeted, Layered Use of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions (February 2007) was developed to provide guidance for pandemic planning and response. For community mitigation strategies to be effective, State governments need to incorporate them into their operating plans and assist local communities, businesses, non-governmental organizations, and the public in doing the same. State governments must have robust operating plans that have been sufficiently tested and improved by staff who understand and perform proficiently their supporting activities. Community partners must also perform proficiently their roles and responsibilities and understand accurately what the State government will and won't do and how it will communicate with both them and the public. This document provides a strategic framework to help the 50 States, the District of Columbia (DC), and the five U.S. Territories improve and maintain their operating plans for responding to and sustaining functionality during an influenza pandemic.

Contents:

I. Introduction

II. Background

III. Strategic goals and operating objectives

IV. Planning fundamentals

V. Instructions for submitting planning information

VI. Evaluation process

VII. Technical assistance

VIII. Appendices: detailed information regarding the strategic goals and their associated operating objectives

IX. Annex: resource documents.

Notes:

Also available in the OCLC Digital Archive. Harvested from https://www.hsdl.org/homesec/docs/dhs/nps36-031908-02.pdf&code=e62a5864f5c21f7737572454a9530851 on May 21, 2008.

Title from title screen (viewed April 16, 2008).

"March 11, 2008."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

224488586