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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Preparing for the next influenza pandemic: A New South Wales perspective

Paul Armstrong and Kerry Chant

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin 17(8) 114 - 117
Published: 2006

Abstract

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.

https://doi.org/10.1071/NB06028

© NSW Department of Health 2006

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