Pandemic influenza preparedness and response [[electronic resource] ] : a WHO guidance document

• Pubblicazione: Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (61 p.)
• Disciplina: 614.4
• Soggetto topico: Influenza - Prevention; Virus diseases - Prevention
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: This guidance is an update of WHO Global Influenza Preparedness Plan, The role of WHO and recommendations for national measures before and during pandemics, published March 2005 (WHO/CDS/CSR/GIP/2005.5).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; COPYRIGHT; TITLE; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; How to use this Guidance; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. BACKGROUND; 3. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE; 4. THE WHO PANDEMIC PHASES; 5. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER A PANDEMIC; ANNEX 1 - PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS; ANNEX 2 - REVISION PROCESS
• Sommario/riassunto: Influenza pandemics are unpredictable but recurring events that can have severe consequences on societies worldwide. This revised WHO guidance publication on pandemic influenza preparedness and response has been developed to guide WHO Member States and others responsible for public health and pandemic influenza preparedness activities at the national level. It is the product of expert opinion, derived from several international consultations which included examination of available information and modeling studies, input from public health experts on lessons learned from SARS and both animal an
• Titolo autorizzato: Pandemic influenza preparedness and response
• ISBN: 92-4-068361-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456657303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: A WHO Guidance Nonserial Publication