General

:: Pandemic influenza preparedness and mitigation in refugee and displaced populations [pdf 560kb]
May 2008
WHO/HSE/EPR/DCE/2008.3

:: Protection of individuals with high poultry contact in areas affected by avian influenza H5N1: Consolidation of pre-existing guidance
February 2008

:: WHO Interim Protocol: Rapid operations to contain the initial emergence of pandemic influenza
May 2007

:: Addressing ethical issues in pandemic influenza planning

:: Review of latest available evidence on risks to human health through potential transmission of avian influenza (H5N1) through water and sewage

:: Questions & Answers on potential transmission of avian influenza (H5N1) through water, Sanitation and Hygiene and ways to reduce the risks to human health [pdf 338kb]
April 2007

:: Update: WHO-confirmed human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) infection, 25 November 2003 – 24 November 2006
Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) vol. 82, 6 (pp 41–48)
9 February 2007

:: Influenza research at the human and animal interface
Report of a WHO working group

:: Human cases of influenza A(H5N1) infection, in eastern Turkey, December 2005–January 2006
27 October 2006, Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) vol. 81, 43 (p 410)

:: WHO strategic action plan for pandemic influenza

:: Pandemic influenza preparedness and mitigation in refugee and displaced populations

:: Epidemiology of WHO-confirmed human cases of avian A(H5N1) infection
30 June 2006, Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) vol. 81, 26 (pp 249–260)

:: Human avian influenza in Azerbaijan, February–March 2006
May 2006

:: Maintaining a Safe and Adequate Blood Supply in the Event of Pandemic Influenza
19 May 2006

:: Pandemic influenza preparedness and mitigation in refugee and displaced populations
May 2008

:: WHO/FAO/UNICEF adhoc meeting on behavioural interventions for avian influenza risk reduction [pdf 224kb]
14-16 March 2006, Geneva

:: Avian influenza: significance of mutations in the H5N1 virus
20 February 2006

:: WHO Outbreak communication guidelines

:: Outbreak Communication: Best practices for communicating with the public during an outbreak

:: WHO guidance on public health measures in countries experiencing their first outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza
October 2005

:: Responding to the avian influenza pandemic threat.
Recommended strategic actions
2 September 2005

:: Avian influenza: assessing the pandemic threat
January 2005

:: WHO checklist for influenza pandemic preparedness planning
2005

:: WHO global influenza preparedness plan
2005

Diagnosis and treatment

:: WHO accepts positive PCR test results of H5 infection in humans from the following laboratories
October 2007

:: Recommendations and laboratory procedures for detection of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in specimens from suspected human cases
August 2007

:: WHO criteria for accepting positive PCR test results of H5 infection in humans from national reference laboratories
30 August 2007

:: Clinical management of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus
15 August 2007

:: WHO/ISIRV/FIND Consultation on Diagnosis of H5N1 Avian Influenza Infections in Humans
19-20 February 2007

:: Collecting, preserving and shipping specimens for the diagnosis of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection.
Guide for field operations
October 2006

:: WHO Rapid Advice Guidelines on pharmacological management of humans infected with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus
May 2006

:: Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Infection in Humans
The Writing Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) Consultation on Human Influenza A/H5
The New England Journal of Medicine
Volume 353:1374-1385, September 29, 2005 Number 13

:: WHO recommendations on the use of rapid testing for influenza diagnosis
July 2005

:: WHO laboratory guidelines for the collection of animal specimens for diagnosis of influenza infection
12 January 2005

:: WHO laboratory biosafety guidelines for handling specimens suspected of containing avian influenza A virus
12 January 2005

:: WHO guidelines for the storage and transport of human and animal specimens for laboratory diagnosis of suspected avian influenza A infection
12 January 2005

:: WHO guidelines for the collection of human specimens for laboratory diagnosis of avian influenza infection
12 January 2005

:: WHO reference laboratories for diagnosis of influenza A/H5 infection
23 March 2004

:: Avian influenza A(H5N1) - Report in the Weekly Epidemiological Record, vol 79, 7 (pp65-70)
13 February 2004

:: Preliminary clinical and epidemiological description of influenza A (H5N1) in Viet Nam
12 February 2004

Food safety

:: Avian influenza: food safety issues
2006

Infection control

:: Aide-Memoire -Infection control recommendations for avian influenza in health-care facilities
April 2006

:: Avian influenza, including influenza A (H5N1), in humans: WHO interim infection control guideline for health care facilities
Revised 10 May 2007

:: Clarification on the use of masks by health-care workers in pandemic settings - in WHO global influenza preparedness plan
November 2005

:: Advice for people living in areas affected by bird flu or avian influenza
8 November 2004

:: Guidelines for the use of seasonal influenza vaccine in humans at risk of H5N1 infection
30 January 2004

Surveillance

:: Towards a unified nomenclature system for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses
August 2007

:: WHO External Quality Assessment Project for the Detection of Subtype Influenza A Viruses by PCR
July 2007

:: The role of National Influenza Centres (NICs) during interpandemic, pandemic alert and pandemic periods
May 2007

:: WHO guidelines for investigation of human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1)
2006

:: Collecting, preserving and shipping specimens for the diagnosis of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection.
Guide for field operations
October 2006

:: WHO case definitions for human infections with influenza A(H5N1) virus
29 August 2006

:: WHO guidelines for global surveillance of influenza A/H5
6 February 2004

Vaccines and antivirals

:: Antigenic and genetic characteristics of H5N1 viruses and candidate H5N1 vaccine viruses developed for potential use as human vaccines
September 2008

:: Availability of new recombinant H5N1 vaccine virus
10 September 2008

:: Options for the use of human H5N1 influenza vaccines and the WHO H5N1 vaccine stockpile
May 2008

:: Monitoring of neuraminidase inhibitor resistance among clinical influenza virus isolates in Japan during the 2003–2006 influenza seasons
27 April 2007, vol. 82, 17 (pp 141–152)

:: Early release of influenza viruses for pandemic influenza vaccine development
01 February 2007

:: Availability of new recombinant H5N1 vaccine virus
21 December 2006

:: Global pandemic influenza action plan to increase vaccine supply
23October 2006

:: WHO procedures for obtaining release of H5N1 sequences to the public domain
23 August 2006

:: Availability of new H5N1 prototype strain for influenza pandemic vaccine development
June 2006

:: Availability of new H5N1 prototype strain for influenza pandemic vaccine development
May 2006

:: WHO Rapid Advice Guidelines on pharmacological management of humans infected with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus
May 2006

:: Availability of new H5N1 prototype strain for influenza pandemic vaccine development
March 2006

:: WHO recommended H5N1 prototype strains for influenza pandemic vaccine development remain the same
28 October 2005

:: H5N1 avian influenza – first steps towards development of a human vaccine
12 August 2005

:: Available evidence suggests no need to change the WHO recommended influenza A/H5N1 vaccine prototype strains
20 July 2005

:: Access to influenza A(H5N1) viruses
April 2005

:: Availability of H5N1 prototype strains for influenza pandemic vaccine development
February 2005

:: Production of pilot lots of inactivated influenza vaccines from reassortants derived from avian influenza viruses. Interim biosafety risk assessment.
November 2003