A checklist for respiratory pathogen pandemic preparedness planning

Overview

This checklist is an operational tool to help national authorities develop or revise national respiratory pathogen (inclusive of influenza and coronaviruses) pandemic preparedness plans.  It presents suggested priority actions that countries can take now in order to be better prepared for a pandemic. It is in-line with the Preparedness and resilience for emerging threats (PRET) approach (web link) and in conjunction with PRET module 1: planning for respiratory pathogen pandemics ( web link).