The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the world's preparedness for a respiratory virus event. While the world has been combating COVID-19, seasonal and pandemic influenza remain imminent global health threats. Non-vaccine public health control measures can combat emerging and ongoing influenza outbreaks by mitigating viral spread. Public Health Lessons for Non-Vaccine Influenza Interventions examines provides conclusions and recommendations from an expert committee on how to leverage the knowledge gained from the COVID-19 pandemic to optimize the use of public health interventions other than vaccines to decrease the toll of future seasonal and potentially pandemic influenza. It considers the effectiveness of public health efforts such as use of masks and indoor spacing, use of treatments such as monoclonal antibodies, and public health communication campaigns.

Contents

• The National Academies of SCIENCES • ENGINEERING • MEDICINE
• COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS AND COUNTERMEASURES FOR ADVANCING PANDEMIC AND SEASONAL INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
• Reviewers
• National Academy of Medicine
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Summary
  • KEY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
  • EFFECTIVENESS OF NON-VACCINE CONTROL MEASURES
  • REFERENCES
• 1. Introduction
  • PROJECT ORIGIN AND STATEMENT OF TASK
  • COMMITTEE APPROACH AND STUDY SCOPE
  • ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT
  • REFERENCES
• 2. Surveillance
  • PREPAREDNESS FOR SURVEILLANCE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
  • ROLE OF SURVEILLANCE IN MITIGATING RESPIRATORY VIRUS OUTBREAKS
  • ONE HEALTH APPROACH
  • RELEVANT FINDINGS AND CASE STUDIES FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
  • CHALLENGES IN PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE HIGHLIGHTED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
  • SURVEILLANCE INNOVATIONS
  • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • REFERENCES
• 3. Effectiveness of Non-Vaccine Control Measures
  • ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF NON-VACCINE CONTROL MEASURES
  • EVIDENCE FOR INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL ACTIONS
  • EVIDENCE FOR BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS
  • EVIDENCE FOR GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROLS
  • EVIDENCE FOR COMBINATIONS OF MEASURES
  • OVERARCHING EVIDENCE
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • REFERENCES
• 4. Implementation of Non-Vaccine Control Measures
  • CONTEXTUAL FACTORS AFFECTING IMPLEMENTATION
  • COMMUNICATION APPROACHES TO PROMOTE UPTAKE
  • GOVERNMENT RESPONSE AND LEADERSHIP TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION
  • STRATEGIES FOR OPTIMIZING POPULATION UPTAKE OF NON-VACCINE CONTROL MEASURES
  • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • REFERENCES
• 5. Therapeutics
  • IMPACT OF PANDEMICS ON HEALTH SYSTEM CAPACITY
  • FINDINGS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND CHALLENGES IN THE USE OF THERAPEUTIC RESOURCES DURING OUTBREAKS
  • THERAPEUTICS PREVIOUSLY USED FOR INFLUENZA AND THOSE TRIALED IN COVID-19 WITH POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS TO PANDEMIC INFLUENZA
  • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DRUGS AND REPURPOSED DRUGS
  • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • REFERENCES
• 6. Concluding Thoughts
  • PRIORITIZING NON-VACCINE PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
  • A WAY FORWARD
  • REFERENCES
• Appendix A. Committee and Staff Biographies
• Appendix B. Public Meeting Agendas
• Appendix C. Study Approach

Suggested citation:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Public health lessons for non-vaccine influenza interventions: Looking past COVID-19. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.17226/26283.

Digital Object Identifier: https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.17226/26283

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