| | What is the Government doing now to prepare for a pandemic flu outbreak? Category: Planing and Response Questions (View related video)
Answer:Federal, State, and local health agencies are making plans to prepare for, respond to, and contain an outbreak of pandemic flu. Activities to prepare for a pandemic flu include: - supporting Federal, State, and local health agencies' efforts to prepare for and respond to a pandemic flu outbreak;
- working with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other nations to help detect and contain outbreaks;
- developing a national stockpile of antiviral drugs to help treat and control the spread of disease;
- supporting the manufacture and testing of possible vaccines, including finding more reliable and quicker ways to make large quantities of vaccines;
- working with other Federal agencies to prepare and to encourage communities, businesses, and organizations to plan for a pandemic influenza outbreak; and
- providing current accurate information on pandemic flu issues at www.pandemicflu.gov, the official U.S. Government Web site on this topic.
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Last Updated: 08/28/2007
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