Global Influenza Programme
We provide Member States with strategic guidance, technical support and coordination of activities essential to make their health systems better prepared against seasonal, zoonotic and pandemic influenza threats to populations and individuals.
Public Health and Social Measures (PHSM)
23 April 2026
WHO guideline on public health and social measures for mitigating the risk and impact of epidemic and...
Influenza epidemics and pandemics remain persistent global public health challenges, characterized by rapid transmission, variable severity and significant...
In the early stages of an influenza pandemic, public health and social measures (PHSM) represent the only readily available non-medical countermeasures...
19 September 2019
Non-pharmaceutical public health measures for mitigating the risk and impact of epidemic and pandemic...
Influenza pandemics occur at unpredictable intervals, and cause considerable morbidity and mortality. Influenza virus is readily transmissible from person...