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Avian influenza: guidelines. recommendations, descriptions

General

• Continuing progress towards a unified nomenclature system for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses
  March 2009
• Pandemic influenza preparedness and mitigation in refugee and displaced populations
  pdf, 560kb
  May 2008
  WHO/HSE/EPR/DCE/2008.3
• Protection of individuals with high poultry contact in areas affected by avian influenza H5N1: Consolidation of pre-existing guidance
  February 2008
• WHO Interim Protocol: Rapid operations to contain the initial emergence of pandemic influenza
  May 2007
• Addressing ethical issues in pandemic influenza planning
• Review of latest available evidence on risks to human health through potential transmission of avian influenza (H5N1) through water and sewage
• Questions & Answers on potential transmission of avian influenza (H5N1) through water, Sanitation and Hygiene and ways to reduce the risks to human health
  pdf, 338kb
  April 2007
• Update: WHO-confirmed human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) infection, 25 November 2003 – 24 November 2006
  Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) vol. 82, 6 (pp 41–48)
  9 February 2007
• Influenza research at the human and animal interface
  Report of a WHO working group
• Human cases of influenza A(H5N1) infection, in eastern Turkey, December 2005–January 2006
  27 October 2006, Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) vol. 81, 43 (p 410)
• WHO strategic action plan for pandemic influenza
• Epidemiology of WHO-confirmed human cases of avian A(H5N1) infection
  30 June 2006, Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) vol. 81, 26 (pp 249–260)
• Human avian influenza in Azerbaijan, February–March 2006
  May 2006
• Maintaining a Safe and Adequate Blood Supply in the Event of Pandemic Influenza
  19 May 2006
• Pandemic influenza preparedness and mitigation in refugee and displaced populations
  May 2008
• WHO/FAO/UNICEF adhoc meeting on behavioural interventions for avian influenza risk reduction
  pdf, 224kb
  14-16 March 2006, Geneva
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  20 February 2006
• WHO Outbreak communication guidelines
• Outbreak Communication: Best practices for communicating with the public during an outbreak
• WHO guidance on public health measures in countries experiencing their first outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza
  October 2005
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  2 September 2005
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  January 2005
• WHO checklist for influenza pandemic preparedness planning
  2005
• This document has been replaced by:
  2005

• Guidelines for the use of seasonal influenza vaccine in humans at risk of H5N1 infection
  30 January 2004
  30 January 2004
• WHO guidelines for the collection of human specimens for laboratory diagnosis of avian influenza infection
  12 January 2005
  6 February 2004
• Preliminary clinical and epidemiological description of influenza A (H5N1) in Viet Nam
  12 February 2004
  12 February 2004
• H5N1 avian influenza: a chronology of key events
  12 February 2004
  12 February 2004
• Advice for people living in areas affected by bird flu or avian influenza
  8 November 2004
  16 February 2004
• WHO laboratory biosafety guidelines for handling specimens suspected of containing avian influenza A virus
  12 January 2005
  12 January 2005
• WHO guidelines for the storage and transport of human and animal specimens for laboratory diagnosis of suspected avian influenza A infection
  June 2009
  12 January 2005
• WHO recommendations on the use of rapid testing for influenza diagnosis
  July 2005
  13 June 2005
• WHO guidance on public health measures in countries experiencing their first outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza
  October 2005
  26 October 2005
• Food safety issues
  November 2005
  3 November 2005
• WHO Rapid Advice Guidelines on pharmacological management of humans infected with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus
  May 2006
  19 May 2006
• WHO procedures for obtaining release of H5N1 sequences to the public domain
  23 August 2006
  23 August 2006
• WHO case definitions for human infections with influenza A(H5N1) virus
  29 August 2006
  29 August 2006
• Summary of the second WHO consultation on clinical aspects of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus
  19 April 2007
• The role of National Influenza Centres (NICs) during interpandemic, pandemic alert and pandemic periods
  Interim Document, May 2007
  15 May 2007
• Continuing progress towards a unified nomenclature system for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses
  Updated March 2009
  7 August 2007
• Clinical management of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus
  15 August 2007
  15 August 2007
• WHO accepts positive PCR test results of H5 infection in humans from the following laboratories
  May 2011
  16 October 2007
• WORKING PAPER: Patent issues related to influenza viruses and their genes
  16 October 2007
• A description of the process of seasonal and H5N1 influenza vaccine virus selection and development
  Draft
  19 November 2007
  19 November 2007
• A summary of tracking avian influenza A(H5N1) specimens and viruses shared with WHO from 2003 to 2007
  31 January 2008
  22 January 2008
• Protection of individuals with high poultry contact in areas affected by avian influenza H5N1: Consolidation of pre-existing guidance
  February 2008
  18 February 2008
• Current WHO phase of pandemic alert (avian influenza H5N1)
  6 July 2010
• Availability of a new recombinant H5N1 vaccine virus
  June 2010
  6 July 2010
• Availability of a new recombinant A(H5N1) vaccine virus
  14 July 2010
  16 July 2010
• WHO guidelines for global surveillance of influenza A/H5
  6 February 2004
  1 March 2011