"To prepare for the next pandemic, public health officials ... have initiated a planning process. The development of Arizona’s plan is a coordinated effort and is based on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Pandemic Influenza Plan, dated November 2005 http://www.hhs.gov/pandemicflu/plan/ and the Pandemic Influenza Incident Appendix to the State Emergency Response and Recovery Plan (SERRP).... This plan is an Incident Annex to the Arizona Department of Health Services Emergency Response Plan. The response activities will be carried out in collaboration with the Arizona Division of Emergency Management, local health departments and other local, state and federal agencies"--Page 6.

This Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza clarifies the roles and responsibilities of governmental and non-governmental entities, including Federal, State, local, and tribal authorities and regional, national, and international stakeholders, and provides preparedness guidance for all segments of society.

The ¿Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza¿ states that in an influenza pandemic, the primary response will come from states and localities. To assist them with pandemic planning and exercising, Congress has provided $600 million to states and certain localities. This report: (1) describes how selected states and localities are planning for an influenza pandemic and who they involved; (2) describes the extent to which selected states and localities conducted exercises to test their influenza pandemic planing and incorporated lessons learned as a result; and (3) identifies how the fed. gov¿t. can facilitate or help improve state and local efforts to plan and exercise for an influenza pandemic. Illustrations.

The swine flu emergency needn‘t become a crisis. This critically acclaimed work provides public health officials, doctors, responders, and emergency planners with accurate current information that will help them understand the nature of an outbreak, assess risk, answer public concerns, and develop informed strategies. Devoid of sensationalism and a