title: Europe makes progress in preparing for influenza pandemic, but further work needed.
abstract: Progress has been made in influenza pandemic preparedness in Europe in the past six month.
authors.affiliation: World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe, Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response, Copenhagen, Denmark. oho@who.eu.int
authors.forename: Olaf
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Horstick
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ciotti
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coulombier
authors.forename: Angus
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nicoll
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Karcher
authors.forename: Bernardus
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ganter
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005062:European Union / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006285:Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D012307:Risk Factors