Two-Year Update on the Implementation Plan for the President's National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Now Available

December 5, 2008 - The White House has released a two-year update on the status of action items listed in the Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza.  The United States is the largest funder of international pandemic-preparedness activities, and has pledged or investment more than $900 million in disease-surveillance, the training of rapid-response personnel, the stockpiling of equipment and upgrades to laboratories since 2006.

The update, which includes summaries of progress by Federal Governments Departments and agencies, is available online at the following Internet address: http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/federal/summaryprogress2008.html (PandemicFlu.gov)

Last revised: December 08, 2008