Pandemic Influenza: Preparedness and Response
Overview
- Pandemic Flu
Also available in Spanish.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Influenza
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health - How Influenza Pandemics Occur (video, 3 minutes 23 seconds)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health - Infectious Disease: About Pandemic Influenza
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials - Pandemic Influenza
World Health Organization - Influenza Division
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Influenza Virus Resource Center
National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Surveillance and Monitoring
- FluNet
World Health Organization - HealthMap (see influenza tab under Quick Views on the right)
Boston Children's Hospital - Influenza: Surveillance and Monitoring
World Health Organization - Overview of Influenza Surveillance in the United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Disease Outbreak News
World Health Organization - Health Alert Network (HAN)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Information by Topic Area
The searches below find resources from two National Library of Medicine databases:
- Disaster Lit®: links to disaster medicine and public health documents for a professional audience, available on the internet at no cost. Includes expert guidelines, research reports, conference proceedings, training classes, fact sheets, websites, databases, and more.
- PubMed: more than 28 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. May include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Click on the searches below, or go directly to the databases and develop your own searches.
Preparedness and Response
Disaster Lit
Vaccines
Disaster Lit
Distribution and Dispensing of Vaccines
Disaster Lit
Personal Protective Equipment
Disaster Lit
Mass Casualities
Disaster Lit
Coping
Disaster Lit
Social Media
- Preparedness for All Hazards: Social Media
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Twitter – U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Flu: @CDCFlu
- Twitter – Hashtags #influenza, #flu
Apps and Widgets
- Outbreaks Near Me App
HealthMap - Widgets
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Multilingual Resources
- Cobertura de la Vacunación Contra la Influenza (Influenza Vaccination Coverage: FluVaxView)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Herramientas de Preparación ante la Influenza Pandémica (Pandemic Flu Preparedness Tools)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Outbreak Communication Planning Guide (PDF, 793 KB)
Available in French (PDF, 790 KB) and Spanish (PDF, 768 KB).
World Health Organization - Recursos de los CDC para la Influenza Pandémica (Resources for Pandemic Flu)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - WHO Checklist for Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Planning
Available in French (PDF, 211 KB) and Spanish.
World Health Organization
Resources for the General Public
Health information for the general public about hazards, emergencies, and disasters is available in MedlinePlus from the National Library of Medicine. MedlinePlus resources are also available in Spanish.