Federal Response Pandemic Flu

Overview

The National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza, issued by President Bush November 1, 2005, guides our nation's preparedness and response to an influenza pandemic, with the intent of (1) stopping, slowing or otherwise limiting the spread of a pandemic to the United States; (2) limiting the domestic spread of a pandemic, and mitigating disease, suffering and death; and (3) sustaining infrastructure and mitigating impact to the economy and the functioning of society. The Strategy charges the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services with leading the federal pandemic preparedness.

National Strategy

• National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza (The White House)
  Outlines responsibilities that individuals, industry, state and local governments, and the federal government have for preparing and responding to a pandemic
• Implementation Plan Fact Sheet [En Español] (The White House)
  Provides brief overview of the 234-page plan
  • Implementation Plan for the National Strategy (PDF) (250MB) (The White House)
    The Implementation Plan identifies the critical steps that must be taken immediately and over the coming months and years to address the threat of an influenza pandemic. It assigns specific responsibilities to Departments and Agencies across the Federal Government, and includes measures of progress and timelines for implementation. It also provides initial guidance for State, local, and tribal entities, businesses, schools and universities, communities, and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), on the development of their institutional plans and provides initial guidance for individuals and families on ways that they can prepare for a pandemic.
  • Press Briefing by Scott McClellan and Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend (The White House)



Back To Top