Influenza Pandemic Preparation and Response - A Citizen's Guide v2.0

The Flu Manual was originally created in 2007 to serve as a comprehensive educational guide for Avian Influenza (also known as Bird Flu and H5N1) with the target audience being the individual, their family and their community. In May of 2009 the Guide was updated to incorporate information about the H1N1 ("Swine") influenza outbreak.

The majority of information that exists within the public sector on pandemic influenza is designed for technical and medical experts and is very difficult to digest if one does not have prior knowledge about influenza. The Flu Manual serves to educate individuals about all stages of an influenza pandemic: from background and planning, to treatment of symptoms and response, to recovery.

InSTEDD is publishing the Guide, but it was created by a Stanford University team led by Sarah Booth and Kelsey Hills-Evans. The team assembled the Flu Manual through collaboration with many experts in the field of influenza and crisis management.

InSTEDD serves to place the best information and technology into the hands of the people who need to use those services. We are an open-source provider of technology resources and our mission is to help others through open channels of communication and collaboration. The Flu Manual was designed with these requirements in mind. The more easily people are able to readily share information about influenza and the way to handle deadly infectious diseases, the more prepared we will be as a society to reduce unneeded suffering and death.

Get the manual by clicking here: http://instedd.org/files/FluManualv2_0_revised.pdf