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Understanding Flu Terms

Flu terms defined ? Seasonal flu, avian flu, and pandemic flu are not the same.
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</td><td>Department of Health and Human Services Releases Pandemic Planning Update III More >>
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</td><td>Dr Margaret Chan to be WHO's next Director-General More >>
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</td><td>Dr Margaret Chan nominated to be WHO Director-General News Release >>
Secretary Leavitt, Dept of Health & Human Services Statement >>
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</td><td>WHO issues Field Guide to Collecting, Preserving and Shipping Specimens for the Diagnosis of H5N1 Field Guide >>
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Last revised: November 13, 2006
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WHO Pandemic Alert Phase

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• Phase 3: No or very limited human-to-human transmission

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Avian Flu Watch

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• Human Cases (WHO)
• Animal Infection (OIE)
• Situation Update (WHO)
• Indonesia Situation (WHO)

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Resources

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• Planning Checklists (En Espa?ol)
• Planning Tools
• Critical Infrastructure Guide (DHS) (PDF - 3.91 MB)
• Risk Communication
• National Strategy
• HHS Pandemic Plan

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It is important during an emergency event to convey complex information clearly and simply. The communication resources on this page provide information about crisis, emergency, and pandemic flu risk communications.





Resources

• Communications Planning Webcast (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Bank and Partners)
  
  This event on September 26, 2006, is a videoconference-based distance learning seminar on communications planning on avian and human influenza preparedness.
• Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication: By Leaders For Leaders (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Pandemic Influenza
    The HHS/CDC Crisis & Emergency Risk Communication (CERC): Pandemic Influenza course is a 1? day training that offers a combination of influenza communication tabletop exercises and informative group discussions.
  • Course Book (PDF - 695 KB) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Participant's Manual (includes slides) (PDF - 447KB)
• Communicating in a Crisis: Risk Communication Guidelines for Public Officials (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
• Effective Media Communication during Public Health Emergencies (World Health Organization)
• Terrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies: A Reference Guide for the Media (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)
• Pandemic Influenza Pre-Event Message Maps (PDF - 523.98 KB)
  "Message maps" are risk communication tools used to convey complex information, and to make it easier to understand. Each primary message has three supporting messages that can be used to provide context for the subject of the primary message. This file contains message maps for both avian flu and pandemic influenza.
• USDA Key Messages for Avian Influenza (US Department of Agriculture)
  
  Message maps for three scenarios in the event of a detection and/or outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the United States
• WHO Handbook for Journalists: Influenza Pandemic (PDF - 738 KB) (World Health Organization)
• WHO Outbreak Communications Guidelines (PDF - 452 KB) (World Health Organization)
• Influenza Pandemic Periodicity, Virus Recycling, and the Art of Risk Assessment (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)