Epidemic & Pandemic alert and Response (EPR)
Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response
The Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response Programme (EPR) supports Member States of the African Region to establish and implement functional integrated early warning and epidemic preparedness and response systems that will result in the improved prediction, early detection and rapid and effective response to epidemic- and pandemic-prone diseases that will be the foundation of an integrated regional alert and response system for epidemics and other public health emergencies.
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EPR featured publications
Poliomyelitis
Fact sheet on Poliomyelitis
Marburg
Fact sheet on Marburg haemorrhagic fever
Ebola
Fact sheet on Ebola haemorrhagic fever [Français]
Frequently Asked Questions on Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
Cholera
Cholera: situation in the WHO African Region, 01 September 2012 (561.35 kB)
WHO Technical Working Group on creation of an oral cholera vaccine stockpile
Meeting report - Geneva, 26–27 April 2012