Global Influenza Program, Pandemic Influenza Preparedness framework & Zoonotic influenza

Providing Member States with strategic guidance, technical support, and coordination of activities essential to make health systems better prepared against seasonal, zoonotic, and pandemic influenza threats to populations and individuals.

IHM helps countries implement the global approach to pandemic influenza preparedness (PIP) and response. The unit coordinates the work related to improve and strengthen sharing of influenza viruses with human pandemic potential and increase access of countries to vaccines and other pandemic related supplies carried out under the PIP framework. Additionally, it is responsible for managing the PIP Partnership contribution funds to support Member States in the SEA region.

Global Influenza Program, Pandemic Influenza Preparedness framework & Zoonotic influenza

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Pandemic influenza preparedness framework: partnership contribution high-level implementation plan III 2024-2030 ﻿ Pandemic influenza preparedness framework: partnership contribution high-level implementation plan III 2024-2030 ﻿

Strengthening pandemic preparedness planning for respiratory pathogens: policy brief, 27 April 2022 Strengthening pandemic preparedness planning for respiratory pathogens: policy brief, 27 April 2022

End-to-end integration of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza sentinel surveillance: revised interim guidance End-to-end integration of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza sentinel surveillance: revised interim guidance

PIP Partnership Contribution High Level Implementation Plan (HLIP) - II Implementation Updates from SEAR

PIP Annual reports

Updates

South-East Asia stakeholder forum for pandemic influenza preparedness

An analysis of seasonal influenza trends in the WHO’s South East Asia Region undertaken and a model for influenza surveillance at human-avian interface studied

Countries in the WHO's South East Asia Region resume Influenza virus sharing as part of the global influenza pandemic preparedness

SEAR countries share experiences for introducing health worker vaccinations against seasonal influenza

Reviewing status of implementation of pandemic influenza preparedness (PIP) partnership

Integrating monitoring of COVID-19 with influenza surveillance sets the agenda for bi-regional meeting of National Influenza Centres

Joint WHO – US CDC assessment of Royal Centre for Disease Control (RCDC,) Bhutan for National Influenza center ( NIC) recognition process

Clinical management of Severe Acute Respiratory infections (SARI) cases in non- Intensive Care Unit (ICU) settings: Post course evaluation

Cooperative Agreement between WHO’s Regional Office for SEA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA on Surveillance and Response to Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza by WHO Regional Offices

Pandemic influenza preparedness framework: partnership contribution high-level implementation plan III 2024-2030

Strengthening pandemic preparedness planning for respiratory pathogens: policy brief, 27 April 2022

End-to-end integration of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza sentinel surveillance: revised interim guidance