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Important Links

• World Health Organization - The United Nations' specialized health agency.
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) - Principal agency in the U.S. Government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans.
• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) - Agency providing a structured and systematic approach to the control of communicable diseases and other serious health threats which affect European Union citizens.

H1N1 (SWINE FLU) AND H5N1 (AVIAN FLU) INFORMATION FROM DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS

• Pandemic Flu (U.S. Government) - One stop access to latest U.S. Government Avian and Pandemic Flu information. Managed by the Department of Health and Human Services.
• European Union Public Health site - European Commission devoted to improve public health in the European Union, to prevent human illness and diseases and to obviate sources of danger to human health.
• Ministry of Health Singapore
• Ministry of Health - Thailand
• Hong Kong Government
• Department of Health United Kingdom
• Indonesian Ministry of Health - Avian Flu - (In Bahasa Indonesia)
• World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) - Organization that provides expertise and encourages international solidarity in the control of animal diseases.
• U.S. Department of Agriculture - U.S. Government authority on food, agriculture, natural resources, and related issues.
• U.S. National Wildlife Health Center - Authoritative provider of information, technical assistance, research, education, and leadership on national and international wildlife health issues.
• Animal Health & Welfare from the European Union - Europe's authority on wildlife health issues.

Is the country you are looking for not listed above? Click here for the CIDRAP International Government Pandemic Flu Resources document. This alphabetical listing is a comprehensive and convenient directory.

Business Continuity

• CDC Links to Emergency Preparedness Resources for Business Continuity - A comprehensive plan for dealing with terrorism-related events provided by the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
• Continuity Central - Continuity Central provides a constantly updated one-stop resource of business continuity.
• US Department of Health & Human Services Checklist - (pdf) business planning checklist from DHHS.
• New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development Business Planning Guide - (pdf) business planning guide.

Academic Research Centers & Scientific Publications

• University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP) - Institution that aims advance knowledge and to support work on the legal, ethical, and policy implications of problems in health, environment, and the life sciences.
• Nature - International weekly journal of science
• New Scientist - World's No. 1 science and technology news service.
• SciDev.Net - The Science and Development Network (SciDev.Net) aims to provide reliable and authoritative information about science and technology for the developing world.
• Medical News Today - All the latest articles and reports related to health news and medical news accumulated for an international audience.

Other Links

• Avian Flu Search (Search Engine for Avian Flu Information) - Search engine for information on the Avian Flu pandemic.
• Reuters - Trusted global information company.
• BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation