Government of Canada – Pandemic Influenza

Public Health Agency of Canada FluWatch

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Pandemic Info

World Health Organization Influenza Surveillance

Centers for Disease Control - US Influenza Surveillance

Ottawa University Health Information

Pandemic Information

Pandemics have occurred three to four times each century. As a society we have become unfamiliar with infectious outbreaks. To protect ourselves we need to learn how influenza is spread and make plans to minimize our risk.

Information is available for:

• Residents
• Post-Secondary Students
• Businesses
• Community groups
• Healthcare professionals

Ottawa’s Interagency Influenza Pandemic Plan, first released in 2005 and revised in 2008, was developed by local champions to ensure a coordinated community response in Ottawa during an influenza pandemic. Coordination is key to curtail serious illness and death and to minimize societal disruption in the event of a pandemic.

The Government of Canada has provided a central website discussing pandemic, avian and seasonal influenza information from its departments and agencies. The site also includes Canada's pandemic influenza plan, provincial, municipal and international information and public health measures to protect Canadians.