Articles: pandemics.
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Practice Guideline
Community Mitigation Guidelines to Prevent Pandemic Influenza - United States, 2017.
When a novel influenza A virus with pandemic potential emerges, nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) often are the most readily available interventions to help slow transmission of the virus in communities, which is especially important before a pandemic vaccine becomes widely available. NPIs, also known as community mitigation measures, are actions that persons and communities can take to help slow the spread of respiratory virus infections, including seasonal and pandemic influenza viruses. These guidelines replace the 2007 Interim Pre-pandemic Planning Guidance: Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation in the United States - Early, Targeted, Layered Use of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions (https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11425). ⋯ Third, a new section on community engagement has been included to highlight that the timely and effective use of NPIs depends on community acceptance and active participation. Fourth, to provide new or updated pandemic assessment and planning tools, the novel influenza virus pandemic intervals tool, the Influenza Risk Assessment Tool, the Pandemic Severity Assessment Framework, and a set of prepandemic planning scenarios are described. Finally, to facilitate implementation of the updated guidelines and to assist states and localities with prepandemic planning and decision-making, this report links to six supplemental prepandemic NPI planning guides for different community settings that are available online (https://www.cdc.gov/nonpharmaceutical-interventions).
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The International Health Regulations are the main legal instrument to prevent the international propagation of diseases, particularly related to infectious agents. It supports the exchange of samples between countries. These exchanges have raised expectations, in many countries, about the sharing of the benefits resulting from these exchanges. ⋯ The Nagoya Protocol, which came into force in 2014, creates a new framework concerning the use of genetic resources, including about pathogens. It will have a positive impact on public health, if it facilitates the exchanges of gene sequence data about pathogens and if it permits benefits sharing internationally. Such a result is possible, if its implementation builds upon the pandemic influenza preparedness framework Agreement.