Flu vaccination toolbox: guidance and technical resources
WHO’s guidance and technical resources can help Member States and other stakeholders introduce influenza vaccines. These resources provide information on implementing a seasonal influenza vaccination programme for Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization target groups, developing national and sub-national capacity, and provide a snapshot of regional influenza immunization progress and preparedness.
Seasonal influenza vaccination: developing and strengthening national programmes - policy brief
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that all countries consider implementing an influenza vaccination programme or include influenza vaccination...
Global Influenza Strategy 2019–2030
The Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030 provides a framework for WHO, countries and partners to approach influenza holistically through tailored national...
WHO recommendations for seasonal influenza vaccination
Vaccines against influenza: WHO position paper – May 2022
Influenza vaccines and COVID-19
Recommendations for the use of influenza and COVID-19 vaccination in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Resources for implementing seasonal influenza vaccine
Overview of seasonal influenza vaccines
WHO’s Overview of Seasonal Influenza Vaccines provides relevant information
for decision-makers and other audiences to learn more about this topic.
How to implement seasonal influenza vaccination of health workers
The health worker manual
supports national decision-making processes and informs operational plans for delivering influenza vaccines to health workers.
How to implement influenza vaccination of pregnant women
This manual provides an overview of the process and tools for planning and implementing maternal influenza
vaccination.
Principles and considerations for adding a vaccine to a national immunization programme
This document reviews the principles
and issues to be considered when making decisions about planning and implementing a vaccine introduction into a national immunization programme.
Seasonal influenza vaccination for health workers
Vaccine products and pricing
List of WHO prequalified vaccines
This link provides the current list of prequalified vaccines, including for seasonal influenza.
WHO Vaccine Product, Price, and WHO Vaccine Product, Price, and Procurement (V3P) Platform
The Market Information for Access to Vaccines (MI4A) database provides information on vaccine products and pricing, including for seasonal influenza.
Developing national and sub-national capacity
Vaccination and Trust Library
This
document presents the scientific evidence behind WHO’s recommendations
on building and restoring confidence in vaccines and vaccination, both
in ongoing work and during crises.
Manual for estimating disease burden associated with seasonal influenza
This
manual is used to estimate the morbidity burden due to
influenza-associated respiratory infections, identify gaps in influenza
surveillance (particularly related to data collection), and improve
sentinel surveillance for influenza.
Manual for estimating economic burden of seasonal influenza and training
The
manual provides step-by-step approaches on how to estimate economic
burden associated with seasonal influenza including direct medical
costs, direct non-medical costs and indirect costs.
Guidance on the economic evaluation of influenza vaccination
This document outlines concepts and best practices for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of influenza vaccination.
WHO Flutool plus – seasonal influenza immunization costing tool (SIICT) and training
This link provides the full range of economic guidance and training materials for seasonal influenza vaccine.
Influenza around the world