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HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan
Publication year:
2005
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: This document "serves as a blueprint for all HHS pandemic influenza preparedness planning and response activities." Following an executive summary, this document is divided into two parts. Part 1, the Strategic Plan, describes U.S. federal plans and preparation for public health and medical support in the event of a pandemic, and is comprised of the following sections: the pandemic influenza threat; planning assumptions; doctrine for a pandemic influenza response; key pandemic influenza response actions and key capabilities for effective implementation; roles and responsibilities for HHS agencies and offices; HHS actions for pandemic influenza preparedness and response; National Response Plan; influenza pandemic background; WHO (World Health Organization) Pandemic Phases; NVAC/ACIP (National Vaccine Advisory Committee /Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices) Recommendations on the Use of Vaccines and NVAC Recommendations on Pandemic Antiviral Drug Use; legal authorities; current key HHS activities; International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza; acronym list; and internet resources on influenza pandemic. Part 2, Public Health Guidance for State and Local Partners, provides detailed guidance for state and local health departments in these key areas: pandemic influenza surveillance; laboratory diagnosis; healthcare planning; infection control; clinical guidelines; vaccine distribution and use; antiviral drug distribution and use; community disease control and prevention; managing travel-related risk of disease transmission; public health communications; and workplace support -- psychosocial considerations and information needs.