Influenza (Flu) : Pandemic Influenza.
Document Type
Website
Abstract
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) focuses national attention on developing and applying disease control and prevention. Its main goal is to protect communicable and non-communicable public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability in the US and internationally. The CDC is integral in working with the WHO to implement the International Health Regulations (IHR), a legally binding agreement between 196 countries to prevent, control, and report on the international spread of disease, through initiatives including the Global Disease Detection Program (GDD). The CDC’s Influenza (Flu), Pandemic Influenza Website provides access to regulations and laws that may apply during a pandemic. During a pandemic, certain legal authorities, policies and regulations may apply and serve as the foundation for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to respond.
Publication Date
2020
Recommended Citation
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) and National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease (U.S.), "Influenza (Flu) : Pandemic Influenza." (2020). AALL Legal Website of the Month. 45.
https://ir.law.utk.edu/aall_websites/45