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 GENERAL INFLUENZA WEB RESOURCES

Title: Flu Fighters: Frontline Research by NIAID-Supported Scientists
Description: An informational website regarding the flu, with fact sheets and FAQs.
Objectives:  Provides information for public health officials and media.
Format: Online information, downloadable fact sheets
Topics Addressed: General flu information
Audience: public health officials, health information specialists, and media.
Availability: Available online at www3.niad.nih.gov/news/
focus/flu/
  

Created by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease

Title: United States Department of Health and Human Services
Description: An informational website with resources to avian and pandemic influenza
Format: Online information
Objectives: Provides information from all U.S. Federal agencies in a single website
Topics Addressed: Pandemic influenza preparedness
Audience: General public
Availability: www.pandemicflu.gov

   Created by United States Department of Health and Human Services

 

Title: World Health Organization Resources
Description: An informational website regardubg the flu, with fact sheets
Format: Online information, downloadab le fact sheets
Objectives: Provides information for public health officials and media
Topics Addressed: Avian/pandemic flu information
Audience: Public health officials, health information specialists, and media
Availability: www.who.int/topics/influenza/en/

   Created by the World Health Organization  

 

Title: Snort, Sniffle, Sneeze. No Antibiotics Please!
Description: A resource that gives information about the appropriate use of antibiotics.
Format: Downloadable brochure and chart
Objectives: Provides information on the usages of antibiotics, which are ineffective on viral illnesses like the flu; Provides information on the dangers of antibiotic resistance.
Topics Addressed: Appropriate use of antibiotics to cure bacterial infections, not viral infections
Audience: Adults
Availability:

www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/community/snortsnifflesneezespot/

   Created by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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