For Professionals
Pandemic planning requires that people and entities not accustomed to responding to health crises understand the actions and priorities required to prepare for and respond to these potential risks. The guidance, checklists and resources on these pages are intended to help every sector of society participate in our national planning efforts.
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Guidance, checklists and resources for:
School Planners
It is critical for schools, daycare centers, and colleges to plan to prevent disease transmission and protect students, staff, and the local community.
Community Planners
Community strategies for organizations such as churches and homeless shelters will be essential to reduce the impact of a pandemic.
Business Planners
Businesses and other employers play a key role in protecting the health and safety of their employees and local community
Hospital Planners
Hospitals, healthcare providers, and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) will all play a crucial role in a pandemic flu outbreak.
Travel & Transportation Industry Planners
Our ability to quickly and easily travel long distances helps make pandemic outbreaks spread more quickly. Knowing how to respond is key to reducing the impact of a pandemic.
Checklists
Easy access to all checklists.
Planning Tools
Resources to help hospital administrators and state and local health officials plan and respond to a flu pandemic.
Information about:
State & Local Government Plans & Response Activities
Information about plans and response activity at the state, local, and tribal level.
Federal Government Plans & Response Activities
Information about plans and response activity at the federal level.
Pandemic Planning Assumptions
These assumptions, based largely on the 1918 influenza epidemic, are being used throughout the federal government to define a severe case scenario.
Risk Communication
Information about crisis, emergency and flu pandemic risk communications.
Global Activities
Information about international monitoring and coordination activity
Research Activities
Get information about research into the flu virus, vaccines, prediction/modeling, learning from the past, and more.
Related information
Pandemic Flu Preparedness: Lessons from the Frontlines (PDF – 264KB) (Trust for America’s Health)
Read how the H1N1 flu virus provided a real-world test that showed the ability of the U.S. and the rest of the world to respond to a major infectious disease outbreak. 
