The effects of the tsunami tidal wave which hit countries in south Asia and east Africa on 26 December 2004, presented a potential communicable disease threat immediately after the initial physical devastation
The influenza pandemic preparedness plans for 21 of 29 European countries, published between January 2002 and November 2005, were recently reviewed and compared against a series of attributes based on the 2005 checklist produced by the World Health Organization
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