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Continuity of Operations, Contingency Planning, HR
CARE Resources and Tips on Preparing an Avian Influenza Preparedness Plan
An eminently useful 3-page guide walking you through the major considerations in pandemic preparedness planning and recommending other good resources.
World Vision Avian and Human Influenza Planning Guidelines and Toolkits
(in Committee Space)
InterAction Pandemic Flu Continuity of Operations Plan
InterAction’s own continuity of operations plan. While different than a plan for operational NGOs, provides a window into a comprehensive pandemic planning process and may serve as a useful template. Download a simplified presentation that was used to present the plan to staff.
HHS Business
Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
About 25 points from HHS and the CDC for “large” businesses
in pandemic preparedness.
Staff Safety Guidelines – Example from CARE Vietnam
NZ
Business Continuity Planning Guide
A highly readable and eminently useful guide that the Government of New Zealand
has produced for all business, explaining the potential impacts of a flu pandemic,
including worker absenteeism, and how the government would respond. It outlines
scenarios, recommends decision-making processes, and includes “Suggested
Summary Actions for Businesses during each Alert Code” (p.15)
It's Not
Flu as Usual: What Businesses Need to Know About Pandemic Flu Planning
A very helpful 6-page brochure from the Trust for America’s
Health (a coalition of medical, public health, and scientific groups) which
explains the potential business impacts of a pandemic influenza, including
major absenteeism, and includes a key checklist of 10 Steps Your Business
Can Take.
UN Internal Administrative Guidelines for an Influenza
Pandemic Situation
Draft of UN Guidelines for New York based staff members. This document deals
with nitty-gritty details inside the UN system – e.g. office closure, leave
policies, benefits, insurance – and may serve as an interesting guide for
NGO continuity planners.
CARE
Avian Influenza Briefing Paper
After providing an overview of the avian influenza and the
current situation, this September 2005 briefing outlines CARE’s intended
response, including staff safety and security and guidance for country
offices. Also available in Arabic, French, Russian, Portuguese, and Spanish
on: http://icarenews.care.org/avianflu.html
Survey: Marsh Business Continuity Pandemic Preparedness
Tied to a risk and insurance services firm, this 18-question survey is nonetheless
handy for determining priority areas of action in your pandemic business continuity
planning.
Questions
and Answers about using Personal Protective Equipment during Influenza
Outbreaks, including Bird Flu (Avian Influenza) – US FDA
State Pandemic Preparedness Plans
Fluwiki's
List of State Pandemic Influenza Plans
Pandemicflu.gov's
site on State Pandemic Plans
Pandemic preparedness plans for all the US states that have them.
Contingency planning
Guidelines for humanitarian agencies: Pandemic
influenza preparedness and mitigation in refugee and displaced populations
A critical WHO document that talks about human pandemic preparedness in refugee
and IDP situations, but the document is widely applicable to development and
humanitarian programs.
United Nations System Pandemic Planning and Preparedness
Guidelines
Draft of UN system planning guidelines that walk users through pandemic scenarios
and the necessary planning steps. Applies easily to NGOs, and not just UN agencies.
OSAC presentation: Private Sector Response
The State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council has pieced together
a presentation on private sector continuity planning that is a synthesis of the
core components of existing private sector plans.
PACT
draft Statement on Avian Flu Preparedness and Policy
A draft document from PACT that outlines a preparedness plan and policy based
on different country offices experiencing the different stages of a pandemic.
Staff and country office guidance
Avian Influenza Information and Action Kits for UNDP Personnel
(in Committee Space)
The 15-page Information Kit includes comprehensive information about avian influenza, protection and prevention measures and information on how to prepare home and workplace.
The Action Kit
A more colorful and contains practical protective measures one can implement right away, an itemized shopping list, and information to post around the home.
CARE Staff Safety Guidelines
From CARE Vietnam, these guidelines include a description of how H5N1
is currently transmitted, and both basic hygiene food handling precautions
to avoided becoming infected.
What’s
New with Avian Flu and You
A brief, user-friendly tech sheet from Heifer International
outlining the basics of what avian flu is and how international programs
and staff should be approaching it at the moment.
CARE
Recommendations on the use of PPE
Colleagues at CARE-USA have shared their internal guidance to country offices
on the need for, use of, and purchasing of Personal Protective Equipment. This
.zip file includes that guidance, along with specific information about their
contacts with Kimberly-Clark, one provider of such equipment.
CDC
Interim guidance for protection of persons involved in U.S. Avian
Influenza outbreak, disease control and eradication activities
OSHA
Guidance For Protecting Workers Against Avian Flu
The Occupational & Safety Health Administration provides
information about health protection in the workplace. Includes guidance
for farm workers, lab workers, food handlers, airline crews, and travelers.
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