:Global action plan for influenza vaccines

The Global action plan for influenza vaccines (GAP) was a 10-year initiative launched in 2006 by the World Health Organization with the purpose to increase the global availability and equitable access to influenza vaccines in the event of an influenza pandemic.{{cite web |title=4th International Conference on Influenza and Zoonotic Diseases |url=https://influenza.infectiousconferences.com/abstract/2018/global-pandemic-influenza-vaccine-preparedness-progress-under-the-global-action-plan-for-influenza-vaccines-and-next-steps |website=influenza.infectiousconferences.com |accessdate=30 June 2020}}{{cite web |title=3rd WHO Consultation on Global Action Plan for Influenza Vaccines, November 2016 |url=https://www.who.int/influenza_vaccines_plan/news/gap3_Nov16/en/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312043620/http://www.who.int/influenza_vaccines_plan/news/gap3_Nov16/en/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 12, 2016 |website=who.int |accessdate=30 June 2020}}

The Action Plan ran until 2016, when it concluded with a conference in Geneva.{{cite web | url=https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/259727|title=report of Third WHO consultation|accessdate=24 July 2024}} The report of that conference concluded that while substantial progress has been made over the 10 years of the Plan, the world is still not ready to respond to an influenza pandemic.