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Best practices for the design, implementation, reporting and analysis of participatory surveillance for influenza-like illness

Epidemiological information on influenza comes from multiple sources. Participatory surveillance for influenza and influenza-like illness (ILI) is one...

Summary report on the WHO workshop on estimation of respiratory syncytial virus (‎RSV)‎ disease burden based on RSV surveillance of Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-23 June 2023

This report summarizes the proceedings from the “WHO workshop on estimation of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease burden based on RSV surveillance...

Technical consultation on public health and social measures for mitigating the risk and impact of epidemic and pandemic influenza to update the 2019 WHO guidance

In the early stages of an influenza pandemic, public health and social measures (PHSM) represent the only readily available non-medical countermeasures...

Pandemic influenza severity assessment (‎PISA)‎: a WHO guide to assess the severity of influenza in seasonal epidemics and pandemics, second edition

The updated WHO pandemic influenza severity assessment (PISA) framework set out in this document provides a systematic approach for interpreting data...