Influenza Division international activities

In 2010, the Division provided funding support and technical assistance for influenza activities to 48 countries in the form of direct cooperative agreements or indirectly through our partners. Under these agreements, partner countries have made significant progress in the development of their influenza surveillance capacity and pandemic preparedness. Their collective progress is evident in the positive movement of scores captured in 2010 using the Division's National Inventory of Core Capacities for Pandemic Preparedness and Response monitoring and evaluation tool (see page 258). There is no doubt the hard work countries have put in to developing both their laboratory and epidemiologic surveillance systems and strengthening their pandemic preparedness not only enhanced their response to the 2009 influenza pandemic but has also helped to build general capacity for all emerging infectious diseases. In other achievements for 2010, China's National Influenza Center in Beijing was designated a WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Influenza. The Division has worked closely with the National Influenza Center in Beijing for over two decades and congratulates China on becoming just one of five such Centers globally. Likewise, the Division wishes to congratulate its partner countries who achieved WHO National Influenza Center status in 2010 in the following locations: Guatemala City, Guatemala; Kathmandu, Nepal; Accra, Ghana; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic.Influenza Division international overview -- WHO African Region (AFR) -- WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) -- WHO European Region (EUR)...-- WHO Region of the Americas (AMR) -- WHO South-East Asia Region (SEAR) -- WHO Western Pacific Region (WPR) -- influenza research -- Meetings and training -- Influenza Division organization -- ReferencesSpecial thanks to Ann Moen, Emily Cramer, Sarah O'Brien, Howard Hall, Lucinda Johnson and Meg McCarron for editing and producing this 2010 International Influenza Report."Publication date: August 2011."System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.Mode of access: World Wide Web.Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-296).Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. International Influenza Report FY 2010. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2010.Electronic monograph in PDF format (24.29 MB, 304 p.)

Influenza Division international activities

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Influenza Division has a long history of supporting the World Health Organization (WHO) and its global network of National Influenza Centers (NIC). With limited resources, most international assistance provided in the early years was through hands-on laboratory training of in-country staff, the annual provision of WHO reagent kits (produced and distributed by CDC), and technical consultations for vaccine strain selections. The Influenza Division (at that time, the Influenza Branch) also conducted epidemiologic research including vaccine studies and serologic assays and provided international outbreak investigation assistance. This report is the fourth annual update on the Influenza Division's international activities.Influenza Division international overview -- WHO African Region (AFR) -- WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) -- WHO European Region (EUR)...-- WHO Region of the Americas (AMR) -- WHO South-East Asia Region (SEAR) -- WHO Western Pacific Region (WPR) -- Meetings and trainings -- Monitoring and evaluation tools -- influenza research -- ReferencesSpecial thanks to Emily Cramer, Lucinda Johnson, Pamela Kennedy, Ann Moen, Sajata Outin-Blenman, and Lanelle Wright for editing and producing the International Influenza Report FY 2011."Publication date: December 2012..""CS231077B."System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.Mode of access: World Wide Web.Publications: p. 259-260.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. International Influenza Report FY 2011. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2012.Electronic monograph in PDF format (26.54 MB, 268 p.)