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Federal Government
Seasonal Flu
- Action Steps to Keep Your Federal Workforce Healthy (PDF – 385.82 KB)
- Stopping the Spread of Germs at Home, Work, and School (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
Pandemic Flu
Agency Guidance
National Strategy
- National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza (White House Archives)
- National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza: Implementation Plan (White House Archives)
- Report to the President on Reengineering the Influenza Vaccine Production Enterprise to Meet the Challenges of Pandemic Influenza (PDF - 2.5 MB) (White House Archives)
- Questions and Answers on the Executive Order Adding Potentially Pandemic Influenza Viruses to the List of Quarantinable Diseases (CDC)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Activities
The HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan is a blueprint for pandemic influenza preparation and response. It provides guidance to national, state, and local policy makers and health departments. The HHS Plan includes an overview of the threat of pandemic influenza, a description of the relationship of this document to other Federal plans and an outline of key roles and responsibilities during a pandemic. In addition, it specifies needs and opportunities to build robust preparedness for and response to pandemic influenza.The HHS Plan has two parts. Part 1, the HHS Strategic Plan, outlines federal plans and preparation for public health and medical support in the event of a pandemic. It identifies key roles of HHS and its agencies in a pandemic and provides planning assumptions for federal, state and local governments and public health operations plans. Part 2, Public Health Guidance for State and Local Partners, provides detailed guidance to state and local health departments in 11 key areas.
- HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan Fact Sheet
- Pandemic Planning Updates
- Update III (November 13, 2006)
- Update II (June 29, 2006)
- Update (March 13, 2006)
- Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act
- The Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Review (PDF – 2.19 MB)
- Pandemic Countermeasures: Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act
- Terrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies: A Reference Guide for the Media
Other Federal Agency Activities
- Department of Veterans Affairs Pandemic Influenza Site
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Response to a Potential Pandemic Influenza Event
- USAID Avian and Pandemic Influenza: Preparedness and Response
- U.S. Department of State: Pandemic Influenza
- Office of Medical Services Pandemic Influenza Plan (U.S. Department of State)
- Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic (Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA))
- Department of Defense Pandemic Influenza Watchboard
- Emergency Planning: Influenza Outbreak (U.S. Department of Education)