WHO: Global Influenza Surveillance, 65 Years of Collaboration

Influenza is always among the top of the threats of international concern and the only known will-be-a-pandemic pathogen. To handle influenza, global coordinated action is critical – for this a global network GISRS (Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System) created in 1952, before WHO constitution entering into force, is to celebrate its 65th anniversary in 2017!