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Pandemic reports
These resources about pandemic influenza are available to download as PDFs.
Pandemic Planning - Top Ten Tips to Increase Your Business Resilience
Pandemic Planning - Top Ten Tips to Increase Your Business Resilience - Read the full article
Since May 2009, the spread of the so called 'swine flu', H1N1 influenza virus has officially been classified by the World Health Organisation as a pandemic. Whilst infection rates have been high, symptoms have for the majority been relatively mild.
Health experts continue to monitor the situation closely but there is still great uncertainty about how, or if, the pandemic will evolve. One thing that most people can agree on is that it is prudent to take some basic and pragmatic business continuity steps to prepare for a potential worsening pandemic situation to ensure your organisation stays up and running. Pandemic aside, it makes good business (and resilience) sense.
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London Regional Resilience Flu Pandemic Response Plan
London Regional Resilience Flu Pandemic Response Plan - Download PDF Version
The London Regional Resilience Flu Pandemic Response Plan has been updated to incorporate the guidance published by the Department of Health and Cabinet Office on dealing with an Influenza Pandemic.
In the event of a flu pandemic it is essential that not only London's organisations work in a coordinated manner, but also that the public are fully supportive of what actions are being taken on their behalf. A Flu Pandemic will spread rapidly, whether or not the source of the outbreak is outside the UK, therefore it is imperative that there is cooperation between the public and those organisations implementing the response plan.
This document is intended to be informative, setting out the background of a flu pandemic and the impact on individuals health. Therefore, Londoners should prepare themselves by taking time to consider this document in order to inform themselves of the consequences of a Flu pandemic and also to understand how the various organisations that will counter a pandemic.
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WHO Strategic Action Plan for Pandemic Influenza
WHO strategic action plan for pandemic influenza - Download PDF version
From 7–9 November 2005, a meeting on avian influenza and human pandemic influenza was jointly convened by WHO, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Organisation for Animal Health, and the World Bank. The meeting reviewed the status of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in animals and assessed the related risks to human health, including those that would arise following the emergence of a pandemic virus.
Concern about the consequences of such an event steered discussions, on human health matters, towards consideration of two main sets of actions. These were aimed at (1) preventing the emergence of a pandemic virus or, should this prove impossible, delaying the initial international spread of a pandemic, and (2) preparing all countries to cope with a pandemic in ways that reduce morbidity and mortality and also mitigate economic and social disruption.
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NHS Pandemic Flu Key Facts
NHS Pandemic Flu Key Facts - Download PDF version
Pandemic flu is a type of influenza that spreads rapidly to affect most countries and regions around the world. Pandemics of influenza have occurred sporadically throughout history – three times in the last hundred years – resulting in many deaths.
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