Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats Module 1: Planning for respiratory pathogen pandemics - Version 1.0 (Draft)

OVERVIEW: Through technical consultations with countries and partners, WHO has led the development of Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats Module 1: Planning for respiratory pathogen pandemics. Version 1.0. The Module, currently available as an advanced draft, builds on previous pandemic lessons and guidance, and has the following new elements: - It presents an integrated and efficient respiratory pathogen pandemic planning approach covering both novel pathogens and those known to have pandemic potential; - It enables coherence in addressing pathogen-agnostic and pathogen-specific elements for better preparedness; - It gives an organizing framework including operational stages and triggers for escalation and de-escalation between pandemic preparedness and response periods; - It contextualizes 12 IHR (2005) core capacities within the five components of health emergency preparedness, response and resilience (HEPR), from the respiratory threats perspective; and - It describes the critical sectors for respiratory pathogen pandemic preparedness to trigger multisectoral collaboration. WHO will finalize and publish this Module after a global technical meeting that will be held on 24-26 April 2023.