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The webpage introduces the “Health Cluster Coordination” channel on World Health Organization’s OpenWHO platform, focusing on training and resources for coordinating health-cluster operations in humanitarian emergencies. It outlines how participants can learn about setting up and managing heal
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The website presents the CDC Field Epidemiology Manual, a practical resource developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It provides guidance for epidemiologists and public health professionals on how to investigate and respond to disease outbreaks and other public health even
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The WHO “Surveillance” page on the Emergencies section explains how the World Health Organization supports disease surveillance in the context of health emergencies. It highlights that effective surveillance systems are essential to detect disease outbreaks quickly in emergency settings, such as
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The webpage ”H5 Reference Laboratories” on the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) site describes a network of specialized laboratories designated by the World Health Organization to support global influenza monitoring — particularly for H5 subtype avian influenza vir
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The text explains the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS), a surveillance system used in the United States to collect and analyze data about disease outbreaks. It describes how health departments report outbreaks caused by food, water, person-to-person contact, environmental exposure, or unkno
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The webpage “Emergency Response Framework” on the OpenWHO platform provides learning materials that introduce the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Emergency Response Framework (ERF). The framework explains how WHO organizes and manages responses to public health emergencies, including how eve
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The ECDC's Cholera Monthly Surveillance page provides up-to-date data on cholera cases reported in Europe and globally. It monitors outbreaks, tracks trends, and analyzes the spread of the disease to support public health responses. The page includes interactive maps, statistics, and reports to help
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L'article souligne que les épidémies de choléra en Syrie et au Liban menacent gravement la santé et la survie des enfants. L'UNICEF alerte sur l'augmentation rapide des cas, exacerbée par des infrastructures d'eau et d'assainissement défaillantes, ainsi que par des systèmes de santé fragilis
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Multi-country outbreak of cholera External Situation Report # 23, published 20 February 2025
Integrated Outbreak Analytics (IOA) applies a multidisciplinary approach to understanding outbreak dynamics and to inform outbreak response. It aims to drive comprehensive, accountable, and effective public health and clinical strategies by enabling communities, and national and subnational health a
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Uganda Mpox Outbreak July 2025
EWARS is a surveillance system developed by the World Health Organization to detect and respond quickly to disease outbreaks in emergency settings where normal health systems are disrupted. It allows health facilities to report priority diseases on a regular basis and generates alerts when unusual p
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The Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response Toolkit provides a comprehensive overview of how rural and tribal communities can prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies and disasters. It explains the unique challenges rural areas face—such as limited resources, geographic isolation, a
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The WHO Health Security Learning Platform (HSLP) is an online training hub that provides courses and toolkits to strengthen countries’ capacities in public-health preparedness, emergency response, and implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR). It offers self-paced modules and pr
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The page lists and describes a number of mobile apps and digital tools provided by WHO/EMRO to support prevention, monitoring and response to epidemic- and pandemic-prone diseases. These include apps focused on diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Zika virus disease, travel-rel
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These pages contain links to critical guidelines, technical documents, tools and resources needed to investigate and respond to outbreaks.
Once an outbreak has been confirmed, epidemiological surveillance must be stepped up. The goals of the surveillance system are: to identify new epidemic foci early; to monitor the evolution of the outbreak; to arrange for appropriate patient care; to evaluate response activities.
The document “Strengthening the global architecture for health emergency prevention, preparedness, response and resilience” presents a report by the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) to the World Health Assembly on global efforts to improve preparedness and response to heal
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The document “Mpox Continental Response Plan 2.0” outlines the strategy developed by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) to respond to the ongoing mpox outbreak across Africa. The plan describes coordinated
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