   | Date of last change: 01 June 2009 Type of document: Information Leaflet; Pages: 7; Time allotted: N.A. Description: The communication strategies are summarized as follows: share the rationale, encourage active engagement, empower people with information, adapt recommendations to local context and use exisitng resources and partnerships |
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 | Date of last change: 6 May 2009 Type of document: Information Note; Pages: 1; Time allotted: N.A. Description: Considering the potential impact of emerging influenza A(H1N1) virus infection, this informational note informs HIV/AIDS programmes and services to be aware of relevant risks and have plans for prevention and treatment. |
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 | Date of last change: 30 April 2009 Type of document: Guideline; Pages: 23; Time allotted: N.A. Description: Communication strategies serve as an integral component of national pandemic influenza plans, enabling ideas to be turned into actions. Given the potential impact of pandemic influenza, detailed plans on what to communicate, how to do it, to whom and by who must be planned and repeatedly revised-for all pandemic phases and for all audiences.
The following is a guide and some considerations for creating a communication strategy and a preparedness check off list. Each section focuses on a target audience and will require an action plan detailing how each activity will be carried out. The plan also should include the goals, methods, participants and costs for each activity. Subsequent annexes serve as examples and provide additional information on such topics as key messages, ways of dealing with the media, and basic aspects of risk communication. |
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 | Date of last change: 01 January 2009 Type of document: Guideline; Pages: 32; Time allotted: N.A. Description: The following guidelines provide information for classifying infectious substances for transportation and ensuring their safe packaging. They stress the importance of developing a working relationship between those involved – the sender, the carrier and the receiver – in order to provide for safe and expeditious transport of these materials. |
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 | Date of last change: 10 July 2009 Type of document: Guideline; Pages: 17; Time allotted: N.A. Description: The guidance identifies a minimum set of data that can feasibly be collected in all settings, thereby allowing all Member States to participate in the global surveillance effort while collecting useful information to guie their own national control efforts. |
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 | Date of last change: 12 November 2009 Type of document: Guideline; Pages: 9; Time allotted: N.A. Description: The purpose of this document is to outline key planning considerations for organizers of mass gatherings in the context of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza. |
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 | Date of last change: 2008 Type of document: Guideline; Pages: 38; Time allotted: N.A. Description: This guidance aims to provide strategies for prevention and treatment, at the community and household levels, and to provide recommendations to support a minimum level of continuity for priority public health programmes during a pandemic. |
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 | Date of last change: 28 September 2009 Type of document: Guideline; Pages: 9; Time allotted: N.A. Description: The components of the framework for reducing transmission of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in school settings include the following 3 areas namely: planning in advance, implementing measures to reduce transmission and assessing the role of class suspension and/or school closure |
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 | Date of last change: 18 December 2009 Type of document: Information Note; Pages: 3; Time allotted: N.A. Description: The Global Advisory Committe on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) reviewed the safety of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccines currently in use. To date, the safety data are reassuring and no unexpected safety concerns have been
identified. Ongoing vaccine safety monitoring (pharmacovigilance) is critical, including regular information
sharing with WHO by national regulatory and health authorities. |
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 | Date of last change: 13 November 2009 Type of document: Guideline; Pages: 36; Time allotted: N.A. Description: The document contains recommendations to competent authorities at point of entry in relation to case management of pandemic H1N1 2009 in ships. |
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  | Date of last change: 13 July 2009 Type of document: Guideline; Pages: 1; Time allotted: N.A. Description: The experts identified three different objectives that countries could adopt as part of their pandemic vaccination strategy: protect the integrity of the health-care system and the country's critical infrastructure; reduce morbidity and mortality; and reduce transmission of the pandemic virus within communities. |
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