
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Armstrong, Paul 
A1  - Chant, Kerry 
T1  - Preparing for the next influenza pandemic: A New South Wales perspective
JF  - New South Wales Public Health Bulletin
JO  - NSW Public Health Bull.
Y1  - 2006
VL  - 17
IS  - 8
SP  - 114
EP  - 117
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/NB06028 
N2  - 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. 
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