Get your community ready for pandemic influenza using nonpharmaceutical interventions

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Global Migration and Quarantine. Community Interventions for Infection Control Unit.
• Description:
  Audience: State and local public health information officers, health communication specialists, health educators, and other public health professionals responsible for planning communication strategies before, during, and after an influenza (flu) pandemic. ; Purpose: This guide provides information about nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and their use during a flu pandemic. NPIs are actions, apart from getting vaccinated and taking antiviral medications, that people and communities can take to help slow the spread of respiratory illnesses like pandemic flu. The information and recommended actions offered in this planning guide support CDC’s updated Community Mitigation Guidelines for pandemic flu. Use this guide to develop or modify an existing emergency communication plan that reflects considerations specific to your community. ; Suggested citation: Get Your Community Ready for Pandemic Influenza, 2017. Atlanta, GA: Community Interventions for Infection Control Unit, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, April 2017. ; CS266426-B ; gr-pan-flu-npi.pdf
• Subjects:
  • Community Organizations
  • Disaster Planning
  • Influenza, Human
  • Pandemics
  • Vulnerable Populations
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  16 numbered pages
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/46472/cdc_46472_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.65 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:975718fb6e4d7c7e80bb9c492217356ae68807ab65c64fe0a4201b05d82af486