Pandemic Flu, Take the Lead: Working Together to Prepare Now

The United States (US) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released an online toolkit titled, Pandemic Flu, Take the Lead: Working Together to Prepare Now, on its pandemic planning website. The toolkit is a collaborative effort between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and HHS with input from community leaders. It is intended to provide key information and tools for organisations to use to support understanding of the threat of a pandemic and to prepare for it.

 

This resource includes the following kinds of documents available for download in PDF format:

 

• Talking Points, such as "How to get Your Peers Involved";
• Checklists, such as "Food and Supplies Drive";
• Sample E-mails, such as "Good Health Habits";
• Fact Sheets, such as Pandemic Flu Basics";
• Sample Newsletter Articles, such as "Stocking Food Supplies"; and
• Posters, such as "Cover Your Cough"

In addition, the website contains charts suggesting activities to encourage personal preparedness and the tools appropriate for them, as well as activities for encouraging peer community leaders to spread the information.