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Outbreak toolkit: Consultation meeting in the WHO African Region

The WHO Outbreak Toolkit Consultation Meeting was organized by the WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO), and took place between 29 January to 2 February 2018 in Dakar, Senegal. The objective of the meeting was to provide participants with an overview of the process that led to the development of the toolkit; review and define the inputs, processes and outputs required for developing other disease outbreaks toolkits (Lassa Fever, Yellow Fever, Dengue fever and others) and get participants acquainted with the outbreak documentation checklists.


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Compendium of Short Reports on Selected Outbreaks in the WHO African Region

This collection of reports complements the Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and Other Emergencies and is put together to reflect the response of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme to outbreaks and emergencies in the WHO African Region. This brief compilation introduces the concept of regular reports around specific outbreaks and emergencies. Its purpose is to illustrate how short reports can contribute to sharing information and approaches to different public health events, emergencies and outbreaks.


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WHO Health Emergencies Programme in the African Region - Annual Report - 2016

The WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE) was established in 2016, aiming “to build the capacity of Member States to manage health emergency risks and, when national capacities are overwhelmed, to lead and coordinate the international health response to contain outbreaks and to provide effective relief and recovery to affected populations”.

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Emergency Response Framework (ERF)

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Number of pages: 58
Publication date: 2013
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish,
ISBN: 978 92 4 150497 3