This guidance is an update of WHO global influenza preparedness plan: the role of WHO and recommendations for national measures before and during pandemics, published March 2005 (WHO/CDS/CSR/GIP/2005.5).

The national pandemic influenza preparedness and response plan: is the United States ready for avian flu?: hearing before the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, November 4, 2005.

The national pandemic influenza preparedness and response plan : is the United States ready for avian flu? : hearing before the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, November 4, 2005.

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.

In November 2018, an ad hoc planning committee at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine planned two sister workshops held in Washington, DC, to examine the lessons from influenza pandemics and other major outbreaks, understand the extent to which the lessons have been learned, and discuss how they could be applied further to ensure that countries are sufficiently ready for future pandemics. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from both workshops.