
%0 Journal Article
%A Armstrong, Paul 
%A Chant, Kerry 
%T Preparing for the next influenza pandemic: A New South Wales perspective
%J New South Wales Public Health Bulletin
%D 2006/08/01
%V 17
%N 8
%P 114-117
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/NB06028
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/NB06028 
%X Pandemic influenza is one of a small number of infectious diseases that pose a significant global threat. Pandemic preparedness has accelerated around the world in recent years in response to the perceived increased risk of a pandemic developing following the emergence of H5N1 avian influenza in domestic poultry flocks in Asia, Africa and Europe. There is a hierarchy of pandemic plans – international, national, state, and local – and harmonisation of all of these is imperative for a coordinated and effective response. At the national and state levels, plans have been developed for a whole-of-government response to a pandemic, in addition to plans specifically for the health sector. It is inevitable that influenza pandemics will occur and careful planning is crucial to mitigate their potentially devastating effects. 
