Global Alert and Response (GAR)

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

International Health Regulations external review

Information on the ongoing external review of the International Health Regulations (IHR) and the global response to pandemic (H1N1) 2009

H1N1 now in the post-pandemic period

10 August 2010 -- WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan announced that the H1N1 influenza virus has moved into the post-pandemic period. However, localized outbreaks of various magnitudes are likely to continue.

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