Infection emergency resources
Global and national policy and governance frameworks
International Health Regulations (2005) – third edition, World Health Organization
Joint external evaluation tool: International Health Regulations (2005), third edition – World Health Organization IHR (2005) Monitoring and Evaluation framework
WHO Investigations & Studies Global Initiative – aka the Unity Studies – provides a pandemic preparedness and readiness framework for conducting targeted investigations and studies, World Health Organization
Pandemic influenza severity assessment (PISA): a WHO guide to assess the severity of influenza in seasonal epidemics and pandemics, second edition – World Health Organization
Australia’s National Action Plan For Health Security 2019-2023. Implementation of the recommendations from the Joint External Evaluation of IHR Core Capacities DECEMBER 2018
Asia Pacific Strategy for emerging diseases: 2010 – World Health Organization
Principles of data sharing in public health emergencies – GLoPID-R (2018)
GloPID-R Roadmap for Data Sharing in Public Health Emergencies (2019)
GloPID-R Sharing Research Data in a PHE: Implementation Guide (2025)
National and regional plans and strategies
Australian Health Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza (AHMPPI)
Emergency Response Plan for Communicable Disease Incidents of National Significance: National Arrangements (National CD Plan) – 2017, Australia
List of influenza pandemic preparedness plans for EU countries – European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
National pandemic strategy [online – includes links to a range of documents] – US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Emergency preparedness and response – Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
Pandemic Planning – Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
Guidelines, recommendations, ethical guidance
Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare (2019)
Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) Series of National Guidelines (SoNGs)
Taking a multisectoral, One Health approach: A tripartite guide to addressing zoonotic diseases in countries – 2019, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), and the World Health Organization
Pandemic influenza risk management: a WHO guide to inform and harmonize national and international pandemic preparedness and response – World Health Organization
WHO guidelines on ethical issues in public health surveillance – World Health Organization
COVID-19 Response Review by the WA Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector – Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia
Ethical conduct in research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and communities: Guidelines for researchers and stakeholders – 2018, National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia
Best practice recommendations for conducting after-action reviews to enhance public health preparedness – 2018, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Guide to infection control in the healthcare setting – International Society for Infectious Diseases
Tools, reports, and operational resources
Infection prevention and control in health care – World Health Organization overview and links to more information
Emergencies and pandemics – Guides and resources for the management, prevention, preparation, response and recovery of emergencies and pandemics, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Money and microbes: Strengthening research capacity to prevent epidemics – 2018, The International Vaccines Task Force supported by the World Bank Group and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
Simulation Exercises (SimEx) – World Health Organization
Training and education
Hand hygiene and infection prevention and control eLearning modules – Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Health Security Learning Platform – Online learning programs – World Health Organization
Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training – US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention –