Avian Influenza and the Pandemic Threat

National preparedness

• Simulation exercises on influenza pandemic responses in the Asia-Pacific region
• 39 Steps governments should take to prepare for a pandemic [pdf]
• WHO guidelines and recommendations
• Vision and road map in the six official languages

Influenza Pandemic

• Urgent Needs Identification and Prioritization (UNIP) Report 18
• Recommendations to Governments on the prioritisation of "other essential services personnel" for H1N1 vaccine [pdf]
  Other language versions: French [pdf] | Spanish [pdf]

• Africa: Assessment of financial needs and gaps [pdf]
  Avian influenza prevention and control and human influenza pandemic preparedness in Africa. French version

Avian Influenza

• Resource guide for UN Country Teams
• FAO-OIE Global Strategy for Progressive Control
• FAO Response to HPAI
• WHO H5N1 avian influenza: timeline of major events [pdf]
• Collection of Domestic Measures to Prevent, Control and Respond to Avian Influenza among APEC Member Economies [pdf]
• Issues and good practice [pdf]
  Enhancing control of avian influenza through compensation

Strategic Framework

• October 2008
  A Strategic Framework for Reducing Risks of Infectious Diseases at the Animal–Human–Ecosystems Interface

UN-World Bank Global Progress Reports on Responses to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and the State of Pandemic Influenza Readiness

• October 2008
  Synopsis in: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
• December 2007
  Synopsis in: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
• January-June 2006 [pdf]
• July-December 2006 [pdf]
• Country profiles for July-December 2006 [pdf]

UN Consolidated Action Plans

• November 2007 [pdf]
• November 2006 [pdf]
• July 2006 [pdf]

Progress Reports on UNSIC’s activities

• January - March, 2008 [pdf]
• October-December, 2007 [pdf]
• July-September, 2007 [doc]
• May-June, 2007 [pdf]
• January-April, 2007 [pdf]

Other documents

Presentations

• Lecture series