Avian & Pandemic Flu Updates & Guidelines

The information provided here has been developed to help inform Save the Children staff and offices about Avian and Pandemic Influenza programming and preparedness, and is posted here to make this information more accessible to them. We make no representation about the suitability of these materials for other individuals or organizations, and accept no responsibility related to their use other than by Save the Children staff and offices.

For any questions or comments related to these documents or Save the Children’s work in avian or pandemic flu, please contact Eric Starbuck at estarbuck@savechildren.org, Kathryn Bolles at kbolles@savechildren.org, Jeanne Koepsell at jkoepsell@savechildren.org, and Tammam Aloudat at taloudat@savechildren.org.

Announcements

Current WHO Phase of Pandemic Alert:
http://www.who.int/influenza/preparedness/pandemic/h5n1phase/en/index.html

Save the Children warns of inadequate preparedness for a severe pandemic in resource-poor populations

A Save the Children family's six week food stockpile.

Key Information for All Staff

• Seasonal Flu, Pandemic Flu, and You - What SC Staff Should Know and Be Prepared For (Jan 2011)
• Pandemic Flu Travel Guidance (Jan 2011) 
• Flu & You (CDC Aug 2010)
• For People With Certain Medical Conditions (Sep 09)
• Caring for someone sick at home (24 pages) , US CDC, Dec. 2010 
• Home Care (English & Spanish, 2 pages, King County)
• Flu Symptoms, Transmission & Prevention (Sep 09)
• Home Stockpiling of Food & Essential Items (Mar 06)
• Family Stockpiling Example (May 06)
• Staff Repatriation and Relocation (June 06)
• Voice & Data Connections from Home (Mar 06)
• Westport/Washington Guidance on Staff Absence (Sep 09)

Recommended Internet Sites for All Staff (updated January 2011)

• World Health Organization [for staff living outside of the US]
• European CDC [for staff living outside of the US]
• For official sites of many countries [for staff living outside of the US]
• US CDC
• US Department of Health (more info. on preparedness) [for US-based staff (& staff living outside of the US)]

Additional Information for Influenza Point Persons

• Pandemic Flu News & Guidance Links (September 2011)
• Seasonal & Pandemic Flu Preparedness Checklist for SC Country & Field Offices (January 2011)
• Severe Pandemic Flu: Challenges for Preparedness & Response (1 page, Sep. 2011)
• Avian & Pandemic Influenza Planning Assumptions & Westport/ Washington Summary Preparedness Matrix (Dec 07)
• Draft Plan Example: Azerbaijan (June 06)
• Influenza Point Persons Roles and Responsibilities (May 06)
• Tamiflu: To Stockpile or Not to Stockpile (Mar 09)
• Influenza Office Notice for mild severity outbreak (Oct 09)
• Influenza Workplace Notices (Nov 08) (IPPs should revise to reflect illness severity & local situation)
• Influenza Procedures & Supplies for the Westport & DC Offices (July 06)

For orientation of health professionals & those working on pandemic preparedness, please see http://www.coregroup.org/our-technical-work/initiatives/h2p for the PowerPoint presentation & Elluminate recording of "Pandemic Influenza: Epidemiology & Mitigation, History & Current Threat" and other slide sets.

Selected WHO & CDC Documents for IPPs

• Pandemic Flu Business Continuity Planning Guide (Gov. of New Zealand, 2009)  
• CDC Guidance on Masks & Respirators (WHO Jun 07)
• WHO Outbreak Communication Guidelines (2005)

Save the Children is helping local partners spray the chicken coups and surrounding areas of 759 chicken farms in Bireun district of Aceh Province.

Pandemic Flu Program Response

• Content for Community Health Response (2X2 table, H2P, Dec. 2008)
• Community case management during an influenza outbreak:  A training package for CHWs, WHO, 2011
• WHO Guidelines for Humanitarian Agencies (Updated 5/08, for Refugee/IDP populations but more broadly applicable)
• Community Strategy for Pandemic Flu Mitigation in the US (CDC, Feb 07, 10MB)
• ECDC menu of public health measures (June 2009, 1.9 MB)
• Guidance & Template for Country Planning (H2P, Sep. 2010)

SC played a lead role in an initiative of several humanitarian organizations for community-level pandemic preparedness and response in developing countries. (See H2P & CORE):

• H2P Pandemic Preparedness Website (posted May 09)
• CORE Group's Pandemic Flu Preparedness website
• SC Summary Strategy (May 07)
• Livelihoods Programming Guidance (June 06)
• Pandemic Flu & Kids (Mar 09)
• HIVAIDS Program Guidance (July 06)

The 1918 Pandemic

• 1918 Influenza: The Mother of All Pandemics (Taubenberger & Morens, Emerg. Infect. Dis., Jan. 2006)
• Global mortality (Johnson & Mueller, Bull. Hist. Med., 2002)
• The Great Pandemic in the US
• 1918 in Bethel & Danbury Connecticut (near Westport)

Documentos en Español (Also see http://www.paho.org/spanish/ad/dpc/cd/flu-pan.htm.  http://www.pandemicflu.gov/espanol/)

• Gripe Aviar y Pandemia (May 06)
• La Gripe Aviar y Usted (May 06)
• Datos sobre La Gripe Aviar (May 06)
• Escenario de la Influenza (Congo)
• Escenario de la Influenza (Peru)
• Notificaciones para la Oficina (Mar 06)
• Organizacion Panamericana de la Salud

Save the Children staff may access the IPP Contact List, and a few other documents, with the use of a password at: Avian & Pandemic Flu Updates & Guidelines

Last Updated October 2011