Health Hazard Planning Guidance Documents: After-Action Report, Guidance and Peer Reviewed Analysis

• The World Health Organization (WHO). (2018). A Checklist for Pandemic Influenza Risk and Impact Management. 
  • Date added: Feb. 12, 2018
  • This document is a tool to help national authorities to develop or revise national pandemic influenza preparedness and response plans, in conjunction with the 2017 WHO pandemic influenza preparedness framework, Pandemic influenza risk management. 

• Bourn J. (2002). The 2001 Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease: After Action Report. London: National Audit Office.
  • Date Added: Jan. 1, 2017
  • This report analyzes the adequacy of contingency planning for 2001 outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the UK.

• The World Health Organization (WHO). (2015). Framework for a Public Health Emergency Operations Centre.
  • Date Added: Jan. 17, 2017
  • This document is intended to be used by practitioners of public health; health policy makers; and authorities and agencies responsible for managing health emergencies. It provides guidance for designing, developing, and strengthening of public health emergency operations centers.

• Garfield R. (2005). State Preparedness for Bioterrorism and Public Health Emergencies. The Commonwealth Fund. 
  • Date Added: Mar. 1, 2017
  • This brief outlines the U.S states’ public health systems and their financial and structural capacity to prepare and respond to bioterrorism incidents.

• Ortu G., Mounier-Jack S., Coker R. (2008).  Pandemic Influenza Preparedness in Africa is a Profound Challenge for an Already Distressed Region: Analysis of National Preparedness Plans. Health Policy and Planning; 23: 161-169.
  • Date Added: Mar. 1, 2017
  • This paper evaluates preparedness for an influenza pandemic in the African region through the analysis 35 African national preparedness plans publically available.

• Freedman A.M., Mindlin M., Morley C., et al. (2013). Addressing the gap between public health emergency planning and incident response. Disaster Health; 1: 13-20.
  • Date Added: Mar. 1, 2017
  • This paper describes the 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak in San Diego County and analyses the use of Incident Command and Emergency Operation Centers in public health emergency response.

• The World Health Organization (WHO). (2017). A Strategic Framework for Emergency Preparedness. 
  • Date Added: May 15, 2017
  • This framework identifies the principles and elements of effective country health emergency preparedness.