Public Health Policy and Experience of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic in Pune, India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior experience and the persisting threat of influenza pandemic indicate the need for global and local preparedness and public health response capacity. The pandemic of 2009 highlighted the importance of such planning and the value of prior efforts at all levels. Our review of the public health response to this pandemic in Pune, India, considers the challenges of integrating global and national strategies in local programmes and lessons learned for influenza pandemic preparedness.

Methods

Global, national and local pandemic preparedness and response plans have been reviewed. In-depth interviews were undertaken with district health policy-makers and administrators who coordinated the pandemic response in Pune.

Results

In the absence of a comprehensive distr

SUBMITTER: Purohit V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5819375 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature