NACCHO Local Health Department Guide to Pandemic Influenza Planning

Published by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), this is a guide for use by United States local health departments as part of a multi-sector effort to coordinate planning for and response to a pandemic influenza outbreak. The guide endeavours to offer the following:

• An overview of key issues that should be considered for inclusion in a local jurisdiction's pandemic influenza plan.
• An examination within each issue area of questions that should be asked, ideas on where to find information that may be needed, and partners that could be consulted to address those topics within the plan.
• Examples of ways in which other jurisdictions have addressed the topics described in the guide.
• Links to information that can be used to further investigate the topics or resources that can be used to customise tools for individual jurisdictions.