Armstrong Paul, Chant Kerry
Biopreparedness Unit, NSW Department of Health.
N S W Public Health Bull. 2006 Jul-Aug;17(7-8):114-7. doi: 10.1071/nb06028.
Pandemic influenza is one of a small number of infectious diseases that pose a significant global threat. Pandemic preparedness has accelerated around the world in recent years in response to the perceived increased risk of a pandemic developing following the emergence of H5N1 avian influenza in domestic poultry flocks in Asia, Africa and Europe. There is a hierarchy of pandemic plans - international, national, state, and local - and harmonisation of all of these is imperative for a coordinated and effective response. At the national and state levels, plans have been developed for a whole-of-government response to a pandemic, in addition to plans specifically for the health sector. It is inevitable that influenza pandemics will occur and careful planning is crucial to mitigate their potentially devastating effects.
大流行性流感是少数对全球构成重大威胁的传染病之一。近年来，鉴于亚洲、非洲和欧洲家禽群中出现H5N1禽流感后，人们认为大流行发生的风险增加，全球范围内的大流行防范工作加速推进。大流行计划分为国际、国家、州和地方多个层级，所有这些层级的计划协调统一对于做出协调有效的应对至关重要。在国家和州层面，除了专门针对卫生部门的计划外，还制定了政府整体应对大流行的计划。流感大流行不可避免，精心规划对于减轻其潜在的毁灭性影响至关重要。
