Pandemic Influenza Response: Resources and Recommended Readings

by NAFSA's Pandemic Influenza Task Force

This resource includes important pandemic influenza Web-based resources and recommended readings.

U.S. Government Resources

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
The CDC site provides background information about avian influenza, including recent outbreaks, the viruses, the risk to human health, and the transmission from animals to humans.

• Checklist for College and University Pandemic Preparedness
• Business Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist (168kb )
  

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tabletop Exercise
The purpose of this pandemic influenza tabletop exercise package is to provide states and local areas with tools to assist in planning and conducting tabletop exercises on the topic of pandemic influenza. Exercises serve to identify where plans may need to be refined or modified, and thus lead to strengthening preparedness.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Background information about the flu, including identification, treatment, prevention, and preparation.

PandemicFlu.gov
One-stop access to U.S. government avian and pandemic flu information. Managed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Colleges and Universities Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
HHS and the CDC have developed this checklist as a framework to assist colleges and universities to develop and/or improve plans to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic.

Nongovernment Resources

Blueprint for Pandemic Flu Preparedness Planning for Colleges and Universities (840kb )
This document was developed with input from leading higher education risk managers, as well as experts in pandemic flu, with support from the Gallagher Higher Education Practice Group. Planning can help to reduce virus transmission, decrease hospitalizations and deaths, maintain essential services, and reduce the economic and social impact of a pandemic.

Campus Safety Health and Environmental Management Association
The documents and links provided are a collection of pandemic planning documents as well as links to university, government, association, and business Web sites that have information that is relevant to colleges and universities.

International Organizations

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Animal Health: Avian Influenza
This site contains information about: socioeconomic impact, safety measures, background information, etc.

World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO is coordinating the global response to human cases of H5N1 avian influenza and monitoring the corresponding threat of an influenza pandemic. Information on this site tracks the evolving situation and provides access to both technical guidelines and information useful for the general public.

Update on Avian Influenza in Animals (Type H5)
Status information for each country that has identified animals with Type 5 of Avian Influenza.

July 2006