Community Mitigation Guidelines to Prevent Pandemic Influenza-United States, 2017: Technical Report 1: Chapters 1-4

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 04/21/2017 This 47-page document provides an introduction to, and overview of, nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs); describes the new tools developed for pandemic flu planning and assessment; and presents a toolbox describing the NPI evidence base, implementation issues, and research gaps. It discusses how a comprehensive community strategy for mitigating the impact of a pandemic must address not only medical countermeasures but also NPIs, the first line of defense at the earliest stages of a pandemic. (Text)
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