Get Ready: Links to information on preparedness, pandemic flu

Federal resources, agencies links

General preparedness:

• Ready.gov (U.S. preparedness site)
• HHS: Disaster preparedness
• HHS: Disaster/emergency preparedness plan for women
  
• FEMA: Hazard preparedness
• CDC: Preparing for disasters
• CDC: Preventing illness after a disaster
• USDA: Emergency preparedness food safety fact sheets
• National Hurricane Center: Hurricane preparedness
• National Weather Service: Weather safety

Pandemic flu, infectious disease:

• Pandemicflu.gov (official U.S. site for pandemic flu)
• National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza
• HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan
• Take the Lead: Working Together to Prepare Now: Resources for community leaders
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases (CDC)
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Food and Drug Administration
• U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Center
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• USAID: Reducing the threat of infectious diseases

Resources for kids, parents

• FEMA: Preparedness for kids
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Kid's Guide)
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Kids site
• Ohio Department of Public Safety Kids site
  
• Louisiana Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness: Information for kids
  
• American Academy of Pediatrics: For parents of kids with special health care needs
  
• Sesame Workshop: Let's Get Ready!

State plans, resources, campaigns links

General preparedness:

• California: Be Ready
• Colorado winter weather preparedness
• Florida disaster preparedness
• Illinois preparedness
• Kentucky preparedness
• Michigan: Preparing for public health emergency (PDF)
• Ohio: Severe weather preparedness
• Pennsylvana: Preparing children for emergencies
• Ready Virginia

Pandemic flu, infectious disease:

• Guide to official state pandemic flu plans
• Alaska pandemic flu site
• Los Angeles Just Be Ready, Prepare Together campaign
• What If? Colorado
• South Central District Health preparation guide (Idaho)
• Illinois pandemic flu site
• Kentucky pandemic preparedness site
• Flu in Maine site
• Maryland flu preparedness site
• Minnesota's Code Ready
• Montana pandemic preparedness site
• Nebraska pandemic flu site
• New Jersey flu pandemic
• New York influenza planning
• North Carolina educational materials
• Ohio pandemic flu
• Pennsylvania Pandemic Flu Preparedness
• Rhode Island pandemic flu information
• South Dakota pandemic flu resources
• Utah Pandemic Influenza Site
• Vermont pandemic influenza information
• Virginia pandemic influenza preparedness planning
• Washington state flu planning
• Seattle/King County, Washington pandemic flu resources
• West Virginia state preparedness

International resources links

• World Health Organization
• UNICEF Take Action campaign
• Pan American Health Organization
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Global Health Council
• World Organization for Animal Health
• Health Protection Agency (UK)
• Canada pandemic flu page
• Provincial Emergency Program, British Columbia: Preparedness

Health organizations links

General preparedness:

• National Association for Home Care: Emergency Preparedness Packet for Home Health Agencies (PDF)
• Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations: Emergency preparedness resource guide
• American Red Cross: Preparedness information for seniors
• American Red Cross (Preparing and training)
• National Fire Protection Association: Emergency preparedness

Pandemic flu, infectious disease:

• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases’ (NFID) Childhood
  Influenza Immunization Coalition (CIIC)
• NFID GIVE campaign (To encourage flu shots for health workers)
• Trust for America's Health
• American Red Cross (Pandemic flu)
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
• Vote & Vax

Journals, publications links

• The Journal of Infectious Diseases
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC)
• Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Other resources, links

• Flu Wiki
• Yale University preparedness blog
• Promising Practices: Pandemic Preparedness Tools
• MATCH Project (Mobilizing Against Threats to Community Health)
• Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine (Animal health/APHA partner)
• University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health (APHA partner)
• Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections Education (University of Alabama)
• Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (University of Minnesota)
• American Association of School Administrators
• University of California-Berkeley Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness (courses, workshops)
• Humane Society of the United States: Emergency preparedness for animals, pets
  

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