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Overview The U.S. Government is concerned that the ongoing outbreaks of H1N1 flu (swine flu) in humans and H5N1 avian influenza in birds have the potential to turn into human influenza pandemics that would have significant global health, economic, and social consequences. Continuous global surveillance and monitoring of influenza is essential. Rapid detection of unusual influenza outbreaks, isolation of possible pandemic viruses and the immediate notification of national and international health authorities is critical for mounting a timely and effective response to a pandemic potential.
H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)Coordination Activities
Global Monitoring
H5N1 (Avian Flu)Coordination Activities - U.S. to Provide Antiviral Medication to Latin America and the Caribbean for Novel H1N1 Influenza
U.S. provides 420,000 treatment courses of Tamiflu (Oseltamavir) to the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) to fight the novel H1N1 influenza in Latin America and the Caribbean - Influenza Technologies Available for Product Development
Learn how HHS facilitates the world-wide development of new influenza technologies.
This fact sheet outlines United States actions to support avian influenza preparedness efforts in more than 50 countries, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and other international and in-country partners.
The Action Group will advance the international objectives defined by the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza. The Group is also responsible for 83 specific actions to implement the U.S. international engagement strategy based on preparedness and communication, surveillance and detection, and response and containment.
Read about ways that the U.S. is working with countries worldwide to combat avian flu.
Read about the new H5N1 outbreaks in poultry stocks in Bangladesh, Benin, China, Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Myanmar, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and Viet Nam.
Learn about the meeting which took place in November 2005 concerning avian and human pandemic flu.
Global Monitoring
Stay informed with this up-to-date listing of confirmed cases of avian influenza A (H5N1)
Read avian influenza situation updates as they occur by country and by date
View a graph of avian influenza outbreaks in poultry by country from the end of 2003 to the present.
Review a chronology of avian influenza outbreaks in animals and humans from 1996 to the present.
This edition sets out results from the first analysis of epidemiological data on all 205 laboratory-confirmed H5N1 cases officially reported to WHO by onset date from December 2003 to 30 April 2006.- Global Avian Influenza Network for Surveillance
This international consortium focus efforts on the global monitoring of infectious diseases that can be carried by domestic or wild birds.
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Planning Activities
Learn about the WHO global influenza program.
Read about preparation activities that individual countries can take for the next pandemic.
These practical field-based guidelines are intended for use by humanitarian agencies, UN organizations coordinating these services; and donor agencies providing financial support for these populations. They also target ministry of health staff working with refugee and displaced populations at local and national levels.
The protocol has four main parts: recognition of the signal or "triggering" event; immediate actions following recognition of the signal; actions that should be undertaken once the event has been verified, the overall situation has been assessed, and a decision has been made to launch the rapid containment operation; and information about the deployment of the global antiviral stockpile.
Learn about the role of WHO and recommendations for national measures before and during pandemics.
Read a WHO publication on pandemic preparedness planning, available in several languages.
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