National Influenza Centers in PAHO Member States

National Influenza Centres (NICs) are the backbone of the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network (GISN). Within individual countries, the NIC is likely to represent the primary source of expertise in surveillance and response to epidemics and pandemics of influenza.

The role of NICs is conducting seasonal influenza surveillance and supporting WHO recommendations on annual vaccine composition during the Interpandemic period. In addition to this function, the document The role of National Influenza Centres (NICs) during Interpandemic, Pandemic Alert and Pandemic Periods provides complementary recommendations to NICs as the main technical resource and reference point for national authorities on all issues related to virological surveillance and laboratory diagnosis of human influenza infection.

This is the list of all National Influenza Centers in the Region of the Americas: