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PIP 15th anniversary special edition
Message from the Head of the PIP Framework Secretariat, Anne Huvos
This special issue of the WHO Influenza Newsletter marks 15 years since the adoption of the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework by the World Health Assembly in May 2011. It is a moment to celebrate the power of collective action when equity and partnership are placed at the heart of global health security.
The PIP Framework is the world’s first and only functioning global access and benefit sharing system for public health. Its purpose remains as relevant today as it was in 2011: to promote the timely sharing of influenza viruses with pandemic potential and, on an equal footing, the fair and equitable sharing of resulting benefits, including vaccines, antivirals and diagnostics, to improve pandemic influenza preparedness and ensure that response to the next pandemic is rooted in, and guided by, equity.
Stories from the field
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Fifteen years of the PIP Framework: expanding and strengthening the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS)
Over the past 15 years, the WHO GISRS network expanded by 34 new WHO-recognized National Influenza Centres (NICs) and achieved a high level of quality in virus detection across over 200 laboratories worldwide, enhancing pandemic preparedness and improving influenza detection and response in every WHO region.
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Strengthening Africa's pandemic readiness through the PIP Framework
Since 2014, the PIP Framework has helped transform influenza surveillance across African countries, expanding laboratory capacity, training health workers and building the systems needed for timely detection and response to emerging threats.
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The PIP Framework in the Region of the Americas: enhancing pandemic preparedness for influenza and respiratory viruses
Over the past 15 years, the PIP Framework has helped countries across the Region of the Americas strengthen surveillance, laboratories, vaccination policies and preparedness capacities. Sustained cooperation and capacity strengthening has enhanced early detection, improved equity and reinforced regional resilience against influenza and other respiratory threats.
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EPI-WIN: driving pandemic influenza preparedness globally
The WHO Health Emergencies Information Network for Epidemics (EPI-WIN) connects global expertise with communities and decision-makers worldwide. By enabling timely access to trusted, actionable information, it has strengthened pandemic influenza preparedness, supported evidence-informed policies and community actions and built trust in science across countries and communities.
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Building resilient respiratory preparedness systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
The PIP Framework has strengthened influenza and other respiratory pathogen preparedness across the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Despite conflict, displacement, and recurrent crises, sustained investments and regional collaboration have built resilient systems that protect populations, support evidence-based decision-making, strengthen public health action and contribute to global health security.
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Stronger influenza preparedness across the WHO European Region
For more than a decade, the PIP PC has provided reliable and stable funding, improving systems and capacities for seasonal and pandemic influenza preparedness in the European Region. It has provided direct funding support to six PIP priority countries and technical support to the Region more widely.
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Improving respiratory disease surveillance and pandemic influenza preparedness in Armenia
Since 2014, the PIP Framework has catalyzed major advances in influenza surveillance and laboratory detection capacity in Armenia. Investment in the respiratory diseases surveillance system in Armenia through capacity building has resulted in strengthened seasonal and pandemic influenza preparedness.
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Fifteen years of strengthening pandemic influenza preparedness in the South‑East Asia Region
PIP Partnership Contribution (PC) has transformed pandemic preparedness across the WHO South‑East Asia Region. Member States now benefit from stronger national plans, integrated surveillance, WHO‑recognized laboratories and resilient systems that support readiness for influenza and broader respiratory threats.
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From fragmented reporting to tested readiness in Indonesia
Since 2014, PIP PC has strengthened Indonesia’s influenza surveillance, governance and operational readiness. From expanding national sentinel surveillance to Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats (PRET) simulation exercises and participating in global virus sharing, Indonesia has advanced its pandemic influenza preparedness.
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Building a culture of pandemic preparedness in the Western Pacific Region
Sustained investment through the PIP PC is helping countries in the Western Pacific Region build a culture of continuous learning for pandemic preparedness, using simulation exercises to test, refine and strengthen pandemic readiness before the next pandemic.
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Institutionalizing an evidence-based approach to risk communication and community engagement across the Western Pacific Region
The PIP Framework investments have helped countries in the Western Pacific Region use social and behavioural data, including insights from social listening, to manage infodemics, strengthen risk communications and community engagement (RCCE) capacities, and institutionalize risk communication in pandemic plans, improving how communities access and act on life‑saving health information.
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Viet Nam's journey towards pandemic preparedness and emerging regional leadership
Viet Nam has transformed its pandemic influenza preparedness, strengthening systems to enable stronger laboratories, integrated surveillance, and an effective COVID‑19 pandemic response. PIP PC investments have built resilience and positioned Viet Nam as a regional leader in health security.
External publication
Journal article: An analysis of WHO FluNet and FluID influenza surveillance data for South East Asia Region, 2015–2023
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