Communicable Diseases Intelligence Technical report series
Framework for an Australian Influenza Pandemic Plan - Communicable Diseases Intelligence Technical Report No. 4
The Plan provides a strategic framework for the detection and management of an influenza pandemic in Australia. It provides a national framework and direction for the development of plans at the State/Territory and local level. This is the fourth report in the Communicable Diseases Intelligence Technical Report series.
Communicable Diseases Surveillance
A framework for an Australian Influenza Pandemic Plan: (Communicable Diseases Intelligence Technical Report Series No 4)
Endorsed by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia New ZealandPublished by Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
June 1999
Synopsis
A framework for an Australian Influenza Pandemic Plan, endorsed by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia New Zealand, is the fourth report in the Communicable Diseases Intelligence Report Series.The Plan provides a strategic framework for the detection and management of an influenza pandemic in Australia. It provides a national framework and direction for the development of plans at the State/Territory and local level, enabling State/Territories to link their own pandemic contingency plans (either existing or future) to the national Plan.
The Plan is a working document rather than a final solution. It will continue to be revised, added to, altered and refined as knowledge grows and changes.
The full document is available as an Adobe PDF file.
A Framework for an Australian Influenza Pandemic Plan (PDF file 791Kb)
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Publications
- Infection Control Guidelines
- Guidelines for the public health management of gastroenteritis outbreaks due to norovirus or suspected viral agents in Australia
- The First National Hepatitis B Strategy
- National Strategies for blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections
- Hepatitis C Prevention, Treatment and Care: Guidelines for Australian Custodial Settings
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