title: Influenza pandemic planning in Europe.
abstract: The World Health Organization strongly recommends that all countries prepare in advance multidisciplinary pandemic plans to prevent and control the next influenza pandemic. We carried out a survey of influenza surveillance methods among members of the European Influenza Surveillance Schemes, EISS, which included a set of questions on pandemic planning. All but one of the countries have a pandemic plan or are in the process of producing one. A coordination of these different national plans at a European level would probably contribute to their improved impact and efficiency.
authors.affiliation: European Influenza Surveillance Scheme coordination centre, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (Nivel), Utrecht, Netherlands.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Paget
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Aguilera
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011159:Population Surveillance