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Flu Wiki
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
Pandemic Flu
Pan-American Health Organization
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Preparedness
InterAction
Avian Influenza.com
(GAINS) Global Avian Influenza Network for Surveillance
World Bank Avian and Human Influenza
Avian and Human Influenza Resource Guide

At regional level, international agencies and cooperating partners are coordinating their assistance efforts to the southern Africa region through a regional coordination platform for avian and human influenza pandemic, operating from Johannesburg, South Africa. The platform is chaired by FAO, while OCHA provides secretarial support. The platform is part of the UN System Influenza Coordination (UNSIC) pandemic preparedness structures and functions as a regional UNSIC hub. Similar hubs have been or are being established in other parts of the world, including Nairobi, Dakar, Egypt, Bangkok, Panama and Geneva. The platform works closely together with and in support of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) AHI task team and covers the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, DRC, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles , South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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In the Spotlight
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, Togo
Information received on 22 June 2007 from Dr Batawui Komla Batasse, Directeur de l'élevage et de la pêche - Ministère de l'Agriculture de l'Elevage et de la Pêche , Lomé, Togo.
Togo has become the latest African country to experience an Avian Influenza outbreak. The outbreak occurred on June 6th 2007 on a farm in Sigbehoue, 45 kilometres (30 miles) east of the capital Lome. 2505 birds died of the disease and another 3069 were destroyed by authorities. The source of contamination is not identified. It is the first time the virus has been detected in Togo, which is now the seventh West African nation to have reported an outbreak.
AHI Regional Planning Meeting for SADC, 2-3 May 07
UN Agencies, donors, NGOs and SADC recently held a large scale meeting to discuss Avian and Human Influenza Pandemic (AHI) Planning for the SADC region. The report from this meeting is now available, which includes a summary of issues discussed, a regional needs analysis framework and a matrix who is doing what where. Presentations from this meeting are also online, as
well as updated Who does What Where maps.
Meeting Report
 Meeting Presentations
 
Country Preparedness
South Africa Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Plan
 Department of Health Communicable Disease Control
Malawi Avian Influenza Implementation Plan
Zambia Avian Influenza Emergency Preparedness Plan
Zimbabwe Preparedness and Response Plan for Notifiable Avian Influenza
Namibia Ministry of Health Contingency Plan For Avian Influenza
Tanzania Avian Influenza National Emergency Preparedness & Response Plan

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Guidelines
UN Secretary General's Preparedness Guidelines
Pandemic Planning and Preparedness Guidelines for the United Nations System
United Nations Medical Services Staff Contingency Plan Guidelines for an Influenza Pandemic
Administrative Guidelines for an Influenza Pandemic Situation
SADC Avian Influenza Regional Preparedness Platform
Virtual information dissemination and coordination support platform for AHI preparedness and response practitioners in southern Africa.
Key Documents & Reports
IFRC Avian Flu: more a Question of When, not If  
Avian and Human Influenza Pandemic (AHI) Planning Meeting for International Agencies and Cooperating Partners to the SADC Region
Africa: Assessment of Financial Needs and Gaps
Consolidated UN Action Plan (up to Dec 2007)
Responses to AHI Threats Part 1
Responses to AHI Threats Part 2
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Who does What Where Mapping

AHI Who does What Where, Southern and Central Africa,
2 - 3 May 2007
Maps produced on the basis of information compiled for the
2 - 3 May 2007 Avian and Human Influenza (AHI) coordination meeting for southern  Africa.

Communication: Technical Support
Human Health: Technical Support to Surveillance
Human Health: Commodity Support
Animal Health: Logistic/Transport Support
Animal Health: Commodity Support
Coordination: Technical Support to National Planning
Coordination: Participation in National Coordination
Educational Material
What Can We Do to Protect our Flocks from Bird Flu
Teacher's Guide - How to create awareness on Avian Influenza epidemic in your classroom and community 
InterAction Resource Guide - Key Messages Regarding Avian Influenza
WHO Handbook for Journalists: Influenza Pandemic
Ten Things you Need to Know about Pandemic Influenza

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