Guide to Revising the Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Plan: Lessons Learned from the 2009 A(H1N1) Pandemic

European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. 11/17/2017 This 26-page guide is intended for use by those involved in pandemic preparedness planning, generic preparedness, and implementation of International Health Regulations (IHR) core capacities in European countries. It describes good practice for pandemic preparedness planning based on lessons learned from the 2009 pandemic. It takes into account the need to develop plans for different scenarios of severity, with more emphasis on national risk assessment to inform pandemic response. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - November 19, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news