A systematic analytic approach to pandemic influenza preparedness planning

Daniel J Barnett; Ran D Balicer; Daniel R Lucey; George S Everly Jr; Saad B Omer; Mark C Steinhoff; Itamar Grotto

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020359

A systematic analytic approach to pandemic influenza preparedness planning

PLoS Med. 2005 Dec;2(12):e359. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020359. Epub 2005 Nov 1.

Authors

Daniel J Barnett¹, Ran D Balicer, Daniel R Lucey, George S Everly Jr, Saad B Omer, Mark C Steinhoff, Itamar Grotto

Affiliation

¹ Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. dbarnett@jhsph.edu

Abstract

The World Health Organization warns that a flu pandemic is inevitable, and possibly imminent. Barnett and colleagues discuss a tool called the Haddon Matrix that could help in pandemic influenza planning.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Disaster Planning*
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
Global Health
Humans
Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
Influenza, Human / prevention & control*
Israel
Models, Theoretical
Thailand