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Influenza - H1N1 and Seasonal Flu

This year it’s a different flu season. There will be two types of influenza viruses circulating this fall—seasonal flu viruses and the new H1N1 flu virus. Learn more about how you can prevent the spread of influenza.

• H1N1 influenza questions and answers
• Staying healthy
• Vaccine information
• Clinics
• Information for specific audiences
• What to do if
• Assessment and treatment centres
• News from the Sudbury & District Health Unit
• Local Influenza Activity
• Guidelines for H1N1 influenza
• Resources
• Pandemic planning 
• Sites with more information

H1N1 influenza

• Questions and answers

Staying healthy

• Tips to stay healthy (Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care)
• Handwashing and alcohol-based hand sanitizers

Vaccine Information:

• H1N1 flu vaccine detailed information – Product Information Leaflet Arepanrix™ H1N1 AS03-Adjuvanted H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine
• Arepanrix^TM Information Sheet (Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Vaccine - Adjuvanted)
• Health care providers with H1N1 vaccine for their patients
• General questions and answers about vaccines

Clinics:

• H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccine clinics - for everyone over six months of age 

Information for specific audiences:

• Schools and childcare facilities
• Colleges and universities
• Workplaces
• Health care professionals
• Pregnant and breastfeeding women 

What to do if:

• You or someone in your home is sick
• You think you have the flu (Influenza Self-Assessment Tool) 

Assessment and treatment centres

• About the centres  

News releases

• From the Sudbury & District Health Unit

Resources

• Final Report: 2009-2010 Sudbury & District Health Unit pH1N1 Response
• Fact sheets, posters, presentation and videos 

Pandemic planning

• Sudbury & District Health Unit Pandemic Plan
• Ontario Health Plan for an Influenza Pandemic
• Interagency Pandemic Plan for the Health Sector, Across the Manitoulin and Sudbury Districts 

Sites with more information

• Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• www.fightflu.ca
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• World Health Organization
• Ontario's Public Health Agency