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HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan (Presentation)
This presentation outlines the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services's Pandemic Influenza Plan. It provides a history of the plan as well as results achieved since its implementation in 2005.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2006-01-18
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U.S. and International Responses to the Global Spread of Avian Flu: Issues for Congress [Updated January 11, 2006]
"One strain of avian influenza currently identified in Asia and Europe is known as Influenza A/H5N1. Although it is a bird flu, it has infected a relatively small number of people - killing around 50% of those infected. Scientists are concerned that H5N1 may cause the next influenza pandemic. Flu pandemics have occurred cyclically, roughly between every 30 and 50 years. Since 1997, when the first human contracted H5N1 in Hong Kong, the virus has resurfaced and spread to more than a dozen countries in Asia and Europe - infecting more than 140 people and killing approximately half. Britain and Taiwan both reported avian flu cases of H5N1 in 2005. In the latter cases, the infected birds were identified as imports, and died in quarantine. A global influenza pandemic could have a number of consequences. Global competition for existing vaccines and treatments could ensue. Some governments might restrict the export of vaccines or other supplies in order to treat their own population. Some countries might face a shortage of vaccines, antiviral medication, or other medical equipment, because of limited global supply. Hospitality and airline industries, and international trade could be negatively impacted. If global travel and trade were to suddenly drop, there could be productivity losses and service disruptions. Essential workers might become ill or stay home out of fear of contracting the virus. Such workers could include law enforcement, medical personnel, mass transit drivers and engineers, and other crucial emergency personnel."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Salaam-Blyther, Tiaji
2006-01-11
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Faith-Based & Community Organizations Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Checklist
"The collaboration of Faith-Based and Community Organizations with public health agencies will be essential in protecting the publics health and safety if and when an influenza pandemic occurs. This checklist provides guidance for religious organizations (churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, etc.), social service agencies that are faith-based, and community organizations in developing and improving influenza pandemic response and preparedness plans. Many of the points suggested here can improve your organizations ability to protect your community during emergencies in general."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2006-01-09
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Preparing the Justice System for a Pandemic Influenza and Other Public Health Emergencies: An Initiative of the Bureau of Justice Assistance
"The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) recognizes that public health emergencies, whether an epidemic or pandemic influenza, biological terrorist attack, or natural disaster with public health implications can threaten America's justice system and place the rule of law at risk. BJA has undertaken a broad-scope initiative to identify the critical planning and response objectives for local justice systems and to identify lessons learned and promising approaches in preparing the justice system for such emergencies. The goal of BJA's initiative is to ensure that the rule of law is upheld during any public health crisis, whether natural or manmade. This initiative's design parallels the major components of the justice system: law enforcement, courts, corrections, and communities. BJA's pandemic initiative is coordinated through a consortium that includes representatives from each project and component of the system and meets regularly to discuss findings and issues."
United States. Bureau of Justice Assistance
2006-01
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H. Rept. 109-436: Strengthening Disease Surveillance, Eighth Report, April 25, 2006
"The spread of the H5N1 virus and the threat of pandemic influenza is the most recent reminder of the need for sensitive, vigilant disease surveillance. In 2002, the world conducted an involuntary, live-fire exercise of public health capacity against bioterrorism. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome [SARS] emerged from the microbial hothouse of the Far East through the same vulnerabilities and vectors terrorists would exploit to spread weaponized, genetically altered disease. The global response to SARS underscores the vital significance of sensitive disease surveillance in protecting public health from natural, and unnatural, outbreaks. It also discloses serious gaps and persistent weaknesses in international and U.S. health monitoring. The lessons of the West Nile virus and mail-borne anthrax have not gone unheeded. Substantial enhancements have been made to the accuracy, speed and breadth of health surveillance systems at home and abroad. The limited impact of SARS here can be attributed, in part, to increased preparedness to detect, control and treat outbreaks of known and unknown diseases. But the surveillance system standing guard over America's public health today is still a gaudy patchwork of jurisdictionally narrow, wildly variant, technologically backward data collection and communications capabilities. Records critical to early identification of anomalous symptom clusters and disease diagnoses are not routinely collected. Formats for recording and reporting the same data differ widely between cities, counties and states. Many key records are still generated on paper, faxed to state or Federal health authorities and entered manually one or more times into potentially incompatible databases."
United States. Government Printing Office
2006-04-25
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Pandemic Influenza Threat and Preparedness
The US Department of Health and Human Services is coordinating, a national strategy to respond to an influenza pandemic, that involves multiple agencies, including the, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and, Drug Administration, and the National Institutes of Health, (NIH). Within NIH, the National Institute of Allergy and, Infectious Diseases (NIAID) conducts basic and clinical, research to develop new vaccine technologies and antiviral, drugs against influenza viruses. We describe recent, research progress in preparing for pandemic influenza. LLIS Core Capability: Public Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Fauci, Anthony S.
2006-01-01?
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Nonpharmaceutical Interventions for Pandemic Influenza, National and Community Measures
This article is the second of a 2-part series that summarizes, the scientific basis for nonpharmaceutical public, health interventions recommended by the World Health, Organization (WHO) to contain or reduce transmission of, pandemic influenza caused by a novel human influenza, subtype. LLIS Core Capability: Community Preparedness; Public Health; Community Preparedness
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2006-01-01?
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Pandemic Influenza Impact on Workforce and Critical Infrastructure
This document is a fact sheet regarding pandemic influenza impact analysis produced by the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (NISAC) under the Department of Homeland Security. "Conclusions from the epidemiological and mitigation strategy analyses conducted to date include: response time is most important, other factors are secondary; partially effective response early is best; geospatial dynamics are important; face masks can reduce or prevent an epidemic; border control can only delay an epidemic and a 95% reduction in the contagious individuals entering the country delays the epidemic by 5 weeks; and social distancing is also effective in delaying an epidemic, but returning to normal interactions without other mitigation measures causes waves of outbreaks."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2006
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Public Law 109-148: Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, And Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006
"An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes."
United States. Government Printing Office
2006
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Pandemic Flu: A Planning Guide for Educators
This document identifies issues to consider when planning for seasonal flu, a mild or moderate pandemic flu, or a severe pandemic. It tells what a 'flu pandemic' is, how influenza spreads, and what can be done to limit the spread of the flu. The guide is accompanied by a letter from Secretary Spellings and 'Basic Components of Pandemic Planning.'
United States. Department of Education
2006
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Basic Components of Pandemic Planning
This document is a one page basic outline of the components involved in planning for pandemic flu. LLIS Core Capability: Public Health; Community Preparedness
United States. Department of Education. Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
2006-01-01?
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Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy [website]
"Established just one week before Sept. 11, 2001, CIDRAP has, from the beginning, made public health preparedness a major focus. Our efforts have included evaluation of the public health system and its readiness to respond to an infectious disease crisis as well as analysis of the state of infectious disease medical practice and the ability of the nation's health care system to respond in the event of a catastrophe- perhaps one caused by a bioterrorist act. CIDRAP is a member of the Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences, which aims to support work on the legal, ethical, and policy implications of problems in health, environment, and the life sciences. The Consortium coordinates among and builds on the strength of 17 centers and programs at the University of Minnesota. Its goal is to advance knowledge, public understanding, and sound policy. It undertakes a wide range of activities including sponsoring public lectures and conferences; offering intramural funding to support faculty, students, and colloquia; recommending faculty hiring and programmatic innovation; encouraging and supporting curricular innovation; facilitating collaborative research; and advising on public policy. The Consortium is directed by its member centers and programs and is open to all points of view."
University of Minnesota
2006
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Infectious Disease and National Security: Strategic Information Needs
"The global community has suffered recently from newly emerged infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and from reemerging diseases once thought to be in decline. Additionally, it is increasingly recognized that infectious disease can pose a significant threat to U.S. and world security. To best understand and mitigate this threat, U.S. policymakers require adequate and timely information about the occurrence of infectious disease worldwide. The Advanced Systems and Concepts Office of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency asked the RAND Corporation to examine infectious diseases within the context of national security and assess the need for and the adequacy of such information among U.S. policymakers. The primary objectives of this study were to assess the availability of information concerning global infectious disease threats and to determine the suitability and use of such information to support U.S. policymaking in preventing or otherwise responding to such threats. During the study, we conducted literature and document reviews, surveyed the current state of available information systems related to infectious disease, and interviewed 53 senior policymakers and staff from agencies across the federal government and from selected outside organizations. Our findings are summarized below. Approximately a quarter of all deaths in the world today are due to infectious diseases. In decades and centuries past, an outbreak of infectious disease was often limited to the locale in which it occurred. However, the pace of global travel, migration, and commerce has increased dramatically in recent decades, and that increase poses an increased global risk of disease."
RAND Corporation
Cecchine, Gary; Moore, Melinda
2006
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New York State Department of Health Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Model Voluntary Home Isolation and Quarantine Agreements
The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Division of Legal Affairs has developed the Model Voluntary Home Isolation Agreement and the Model Voluntary Home Quarantine Agreement for the local health departments (LHD) to use when asking a suspect or probable SARS patient or contact to submit to voluntary isolation or quarantine.
New York (State). Department of Health
2006
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Position Statement: Pandemic Influenza Antiviral Stockpiling
"Pandemic influenza poses a tremendous threat to the United States and to the world, with the potential to impact not only the health of the population, but society overall. Antivirals are one of several measures to control the impact of pandemic influenza, and their use must be balanced with other countermeasure and containment options. The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Pandemic Influenza Plan, released in November 2005, calls for stockpiling antivirals to treat 25% of the U.S. population during a pandemic - approximately 81 million treatment courses. This represents a significant investment of resources, including time and money, at both the state and federal levels. The current antiviral stockpiling proposal, announced by the federal government in early 2006, is a joint activity primarily between the states and the federal government, with the federal government purchasing a total of 50 million doses and the states purchasing up to 31 million doses at a subsidized price through federally-negotiated contracts with two drug manufacturers. This countermeasure must be managed and used in the most efficient and equitable manner to ensure maximum impact."
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (U.S.)
2006
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Modeling Community Containment for Pandemic Influenza: A Letter Report
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Modeling Containment for Pandemic Influenza was charged with convening a major workshop to review: 1) the quality of existing models about a potential influenza pandemic and their utility for predicting the effects of various community containment policies on disease mitigation; 2) the available science and previous analyses of the efficacy of community mitigation approaches; and 3) the historical record of community interventions utilized during previous influenza pandemics and other relevant outbreaks. This document is the letter report based primarily on information from the workshop. It includes conclusions and recommendations.
National Academies Press (U.S.)
2006
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State Pandemic Influenza Summits: Building Partnerships for Pandemic Preparedness
"All states and territories were asked to hold a pandemic influenza planning summit during the first half of 2006, as part of the national pandemic influenza planning process. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Michael O. Leavitt, requested the summits to inform and involve public health, emergency response, political, economic and community leadership in the pandemic planning process and to facilitate coordination among all of these groups. The summits were planned by the states, with input from federal coordinators. While state governors led the summits, state health agencies were most often the lead agency in planning the event. Each state summit was organized differently-some occurred in the morning, some were afternoon summits, and some states had all-day summits with morning or afternoon break-out sessions. This report captures the general trends, experiences, and outcomes of the summits, and highlights innovative planning mechanisms that may be adapted for other health-related purposes. The information in this report comes from debriefing interviews that the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) conducted with 37 states following their individual summits. ASTHO appreciates the collaborative work being done by HHS, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure the nation is prepared for an influenza pandemic. Their participation in these summits helped raise public, political, and media attention for pandemic preparedness and reinforced on-going planning and preparedness efforts by state and local public health agencies."
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (U.S.)
2006
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Facilitated Look Backs: A New Quality Improvement Tool for Management of Routine Annual and Pandemic Influenza
"Since influenza pandemics are relatively infrequent, public health agencies have limited opportunities to learn from direct experience with them. In contrast, routine annual influenza occurs each year with some predictability, and this routine occurrence offers important opportunities for public health and pandemic preparedness. Each routine annual influenza season presents unique challenges and lessons that may be applicable to pandemic influenza and other public health preparedness activities. For example, unanticipated events in the past decade, such as influenza vaccine shortages, high numbers of influenza-associated deaths among U.S. children, and unexpected surges in demands for patient care, have underscored the need for better preparation-specifically, the importance of early planning and responsiveness to different contingencies that may arise. With the specter of pandemic influenza before the American populace, the RAND team sought to harness opportunities arising from the annual occurrence of influenza to help public health agencies improve their response to routine annual influenza and to incorporate lessons into pandemic and emergency public health preparedness planning. Specifically, we set out to develop and test a 'Look-Back' methodology to assist state public health agencies (SPHAs) in systematically assessing their experiences from each routine annual influenza season and translating those experiences into future public health practice. A Look-Back is a quality improvement tool that seeks to identify relevant and applicable lessons for routine annual and pandemic influenza preparedness by asking a broad and diverse group of participants who have been involved in routine annual influenza activities to critically evaluate their management of the past routine annual influenza season."
RAND Corporation
Ricci, Karen; Lurie, Nicole; Aledort, Julia Elizabeth
2006
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Michigan School Lockdown/Shelter-in-Place Policy
This document includes the State of Michigan's drill policy, lockdown suggestion actions template, shelter-in-place suggested actions template, drill documentation form, and drill suggestions and guidelines.
Michigan. Department of Education; Michigan. Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division
2006
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Shelter in Place at Your Office: A General Guide for Preparing a Shelter in Place Plan in the Workplace
This is an example of a plan that a business could develop for shelter in place actions. The following plan can be, used to assist in developing more organization-specific plans. LLIS Core Capability: Occupational Safety and Health; HazMat; Private Sector; Private Sector
National Institute for Chemical Studies (U.S.)
2006-01-01?
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Preparing for Pandemic Influenza: A Personal and Family Guide
From the Secretary of Health: "Most of us are familiar with influenza or 'the flu' that comes each year, but there is another type of flu as well. It begins in birds or animals and then passes to humans. It has the potential to make millions sick in our country and around the world, and it could be far more deadly than the seasonal flu. Many health experts believe the current avian flu outbreak that began in Asia could start the next worldwide flu pandemic. We cannot be certain of that, but we know flu pandemics happen regularly. We need to be ready, and as recent events have shown, it is wise to be prepared for the worst. That will take the people of our communities, business and government working together. This guide is designed to answer some of your questions about a flu pandemic and to suggest simple things you can do to prepare. Taking precautions like washing your hands, covering your cough and avoiding others when you are sick are surprisingly powerful ways to fight the spread of disease. Knowing what could happen is the first step toward being prepared. I hope you will take the time to read through this information, share it with others and take action. You can make a difference, and help keep Washington safe and healthy."
Washington (State). Department of Health
2006-01-01?
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Tabletop Exercises for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness in Local Public Health Agencies [PowerPoint Presentation]
This record is for the PowerPoint presentation that accompanies the RAND report by the same name. This presentation is available as a .zip file and can be downloaded from this page. "This report by the RAND Corporation was prepared for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. An outbreak of a pandemic influenza virus would have major catastrophic effects on the safety and security of the United States. In an effort to improve the U.S. ability to respond efficiently to this type of emergency, this report 'presents a fully customizable template for a tabletop exercise for pandemic influenza preparedness that can be used by state and local health agencies and their healthcare and governmental partners as an exercise in training, in building relationships, and in evaluation."
RAND Corporation
Aledort, Julia Elizabeth; Lurie, Nicole; Dausey, David J.
2006
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Tabletop Exercises for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness in Local Public Health Agencies [Summary]
"This report by the RAND Corporation was prepared for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. An outbreak of a pandemic influenza virus would have major catastrophic effects on the safety and security of the United States. In an effort to improve the U.S. ability to respond efficiently to this type of emergency, this report 'presents a fully customizable template for a tabletop exercise for pandemic influenza preparedness that can be used by state and local health agencies and their health care and governmental partners as an exercise in training, in building relationships, and in evaluation."
RAND Corporation
Dausey, David J.; Lurie, Nicole; Aledort, Julia Elizabeth
2006
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Pandemic Flu and You What If Schools Close?
Internet resources for parents of school-aged children in the event of school closure due to a pandemic. LLIS Core Capability: Community Preparedness
Washington County (Or.)
2006-01-01?
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Adams County, WA Flu Pandemic Preparedness for Schools
This document provides information for citizens on influenza pandemic planning for schools, including: "mitigation"; "business continuity planning"; "educating staff for recognizing flu symptoms"; "monitoring the illness"; "antivirals and vaccines"; as well as "communication".
Adams County (Wash.). Health Department
2006-01-01?
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In Case of Emergency Are You Ready? Important Things to Know about Disease Control, Natural Disasters, Hazardous Materials, Injury Prevention, Food & Water Safety, Coping with Disasters, Pandemic Influenza
"Many types of disasters can create public health problems--weather, chemical, radiological and biological. Injury or illness can occur as a direct result of the event, or as a result of people trying to cope with the event. The most important fact to remember about any disaster is this: by being prepared, you can help prevent or reduce harm to your family, yourself and others. This booklet was written to give you basic disaster preparedness education. I urge you to take the time to read the information and make your own emergency plans with family, friends, caregivers and co-workers. You should update these plans at least once a year, or when there is an important change in contacts or other information."
Alabama. Department of Public Health
2006
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Pandemic Influenza: What's This Bird Flu That Everyone Is Talking About
This is a video presentation by Sharon Medcalf that provides information regarding the bird flu. In this presentation she compares seasonal flu to avian influenza, discusses how these illnesses spread, and also explains the differences between a pandemic and an epidemic.
Center for Biopreparedness Education
Medcalf, Sharon
2006
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Oregon Pandemic Influenza Fact Sheet
This guide offers Oregon citizens information on what pandemic influenza is, surveillance and detection, prevention, risks, and treatment.
Oregon. Department of Human Services
2006-01-01?
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Macon County, IL Pandemic Influenza Guide
This guide provides information on what a pandemic influenza is. In addition, it offers citizens information on preparing for a potential outbreak.
Macon County (Ill.)
2006-01-01?
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Biodefense and Pandemic Influenza: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session, Special Hearing, May 23, 2006
From the opening statement of Judd Gregg: "As a society, I think we recognize and as a culture I think we recognize that there are certain elements of threat which the government has a responsibility to prepare for even though we hope that they will never impact us. Number one on that list, of course, is the use of a biological or nuclear or weapon of mass destruction used by an enemy of America, terrorists specifically, against us, and our preparation for that has been a major focus of this committee, myself and Senator Byrd. We have reoriented funds to address that. Number two-not in that sense; they are equal in status-is the potential of a major outbreak of influenza along the lines of what happened in the early part of the last century, which would potentially harm and kill millions, potentially hundreds of thousands, of citizens across the world and in the United States and would obviously disrupt the entire world and the economy of the world, especially America, if it were not prepared for adequately. There has been a lot of talk about that because of the issues of bird flu and the possible mutation of that virus into a form that can be conveyed to humans and human-to-human conveyance from there. So these are big issues that need to be constantly focused on and that we as a government need to be constantly addressing and talking about and making sure that the agencies in our government which are responsible are on top of these issues." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Judd Gregg, Larry Craig, Robert C. Byrd, Paul A. Offit, John M. Clerici, Scott R. Lillibridge, Frank J. Cilluffo, and Steven D. Rice.
United States. Government Printing Office
2006
