Resources and Links

News and events
News releases
• APHA launches Get Ready: Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks  
• APHA’s Prescription for Pandemic Flu, Policy Summary and Full Policy Statement, Feb. 22, 2007
• Experimental Vaccine Protects Lab Animals Against Several Strains of H5N1, June 12, 2006 (Journal of Infectious Diseases)

APHA resources
• APHA Fact Sheet for the Public
• APHA Fact Sheet for Policymakers and the Media
• APHA frequently asked questions on pandemic flu
• APHA PowerPoint Presentation: Planning & Coordinating the Response: Pandemic Influenza
• APHA Policy Statement: Preparing for Pandemic Influenza
• APHA Get Ready campaign

More resources and reports (alphabetical by organization)
• American Association of Airport Executives: Draft Preparedness Planning Guidelines (Aviation Aspects) for a Communicable Disease Posing a Serious Public Health Risk
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials: Preparedness Planning for State Health Officials, Terrorist Attack Pandemic Influenza, 2002
• Cell 124 article, Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases: Influenza as a Prototype of the Host-Pathogen Balancing Act. Feb. 24, 2006
• Center for Biosecurity: UPMC
• ChicagoFIRST: Pandemic Planning
• Journal of Infectious Diseases
• Kansas Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan (PDF)
• King County, Wash., Vulnerable Populations Action Team
• MEDLINEplus
• National Association of County and City Health Officials
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
• North American Plan for Avian and Pandemic Influenza, August 2007 (PDF)
• Official U.S. Government Web Site For Information on Pandemic Flu and Avian Influenza
• Pharmacists Guide to Pandemic Preparedness, 2007 (PDF)
• Permanente Journal: New Approaches to Confronting an Imminent Influenza Pandemic. Summer 2007, Vol. 11, #3 (PDF)
• Ready.gov: Ready America: Prepare. Plan. Stay Informed.
• San Francisco Ready: Pandemic Planning
• SEKO Corporate Business Planning For Pandemic Influenza Policy (PDF)
• Trust for America's Health Influenza Web site
• Utah Pandemic Influenza Response Plan, Nov. 2, 2005 (PDF)
• WebMD: Cold and flu resources

Federal agencies: Flu resources and information
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• CDC’s Emerging Infectious Diseases, Influenza Pandemic Preparedness, December 2003 (PDF)
• CDC’s Business Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist, Dec. 6, 2005 (PDF)
• Emerging Infectious Diseases: Pandemic Influenza and Pregnant Women, Vol. 14, Number 1, January 2008 (PDF)
• Take the Lead: Working Together to Prepare Now: Resources for community leaders
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Pandemic flu Web site
• Department of Defense Implementation Plan for Pandemic Influenza, August 2006 (PDF)
• Department of Energy (DOE) Pandemic Influenza Planning Inspection Report, Dec. 2007 (PDF)
• DOE Office of Health, Safety, and Security: Pandemic Influenza
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan, November 2005 (PDF)
• HHS Pandemic Planning Updated II. March 13, 2006 (PDF)
• HHS Pandemic Planning Updated III. Nov. 13, 2006 (PDF)
• HHS Pandemic Planning Updated IV. July 18, 2007 (PDF)
• HHS Pandemic Planning Updated V. March 17, 2008 (PDF)
• Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Public Law 109-417 Progress Report (PDF)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS): Hazard Protection and Prevention
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• U.S. Fire Administration
• National Response Framework Resource Center
• Department of State Avian Influenza Action Group
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: EMS Pandemic Influenza Guidelines, Statewide Adoption, May 3, 2007
• NHTSA: Preparing for Pandemic Influenza: Recommendations for Protocol Development for 911 Personnel and Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), May 3, 2007
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Pandemic Influenza: Get Informed & Be Prepared A Guide for Commercial Drivers
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic, 2007 (PDF)
• OSHA Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Guidance for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employers, 2007 (PDF)
• White House
• Homeland Security Council National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza, Nov. 2005 (PDF)
• Homeland Security Council National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza: Implementation Plan, May 2006 (PDF)
• Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-5. 2/28/2003
• Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-21. 1/8/2008
• Congressional Budget Office (CBO): A Potential Influenza Pandemic: Possible Macroeconomic Effects and Policy Issues, July 27, 2006 (PDF)
• CBO: A Potential Influenza Pandemic: An Update on Possible Macroeconomic Effects and Policy Issues, July 27, 2006 (PDF)
• Congressional Research Service (CRS): CRS Report for Congress, An Overview of the U.S. Public Health System in the Context of Emergency Preparedness. March 17, 2005 (PDF)
• CRS Report for Congress on Pandemic Influenza: Domestic Preparedness Efforts, Nov. 10, 2005 (PDF)
• CRS Report for Congress, Pandemic Flu and Medical Biodefense Countermeasures Liability Legislation,  Policy number: P.L. 109-148, Division C, April 12, 2006 (PDF)
• CRS Report for Congress, The Public Health and Medical Response to Disasters: Federal Authority and Funding. October 10, 2006 (PDF)
• CRS Report for Congress, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (P.L. 109-417): Provisions and Changes to Preexisting Law. March 12, 2007 (PDF)
• CRS Report for Congress, Pandemic Influenza: Appropriations for Public Health Preparedness and Response. January 23, 2007 (PDF)
• CRS Report for Congress on Federal and State Quarantine and Isolation Authority, January 23, 2007 (PDF)
• CRS Report for Congress, Pandemic Influenza: An Analysis of State Preparedness and Response Plans, Sept. 24, 2007 (PDF)
• Government Accountability Office: Influenza Pandemic, August 2007 (PDF)
• Institute of Medicine: Preparing for an Influenza Pandemic: Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers. September 2007 (PDF)
• Institute of Medicine: Meeting One of the Committee on Implementation of Antiviral Medication Strategies for an Influenza Pandemic, Dec. 4, 2007

Global resources
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• WHO Global Flu Preparedness Plan (PDF)
• WHO Interim Protocol: Rapid operations to contain the initial emergence of pandemic influenza. Updated 10/2007 (PDF)
• WHO Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza Reported to WHO (updated weekly)
• WHO Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2008–2009 influenza season (PDF)

Legislation
• S. 1828: Influenza Vaccination Security Act of 2005
• APHA letter on Influenza Vaccination Security Act (PDF)

For more links and resources related to pandemic influenza and other emerging infectious diseases, visit the Get Ready resources Web page.

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