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Ensuring health security in the African region: Emergency preparedness and response flagships progress report #4

The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), in accordance with recommendations from various WHO committees, has developed three flagship initiatives to support Member States in the African region to prepare for, detect and respond to public health emergencies.
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Ensuring health security in the African region: Emergency preparedness and response flagships progress report #3

The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), in accordance with recommendations from various WHO committees, has developed three flagship initiatives to support Member States in the African region to prepare for, detect and respond to public health emergencies.
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Ensuring health security in the African region - Emergency preparedness and response flagship programmes

The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), in accordance with recommendations from various WHO committees, has developed three flagship programmes to support Member States in the African region to prepare for, detect and respond to public health emergencies.
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Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC) Legal Framework Guide: A Guide for the Development of a Legal Framework to Authorize the Establishment and Operationalization of a PHEOC

A public health emergency operation center (PHEOC) serves as a hub for better coordinating the preparation, response, and recovery for public health emergencies. A functional PHEOC is critical for the implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005). 
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Handbook for Public Health Emergency Operations Center Operations and Management

Public health emergencies arising from public health threats continue to be a major concern in Member States of the WHO African Region. Member States need to have functional public health Emergency Operations Centres (EOCs) to fulfill the International Health Regulations (IHR) obligations. EOCs play critical roles in helping Member States prepare for and respond to public health emergencies.
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The Compendium of Short Reports on Selected Outbreaks in the WHO African Region 2016 - 2018

The Compendium of Short Reports on Selected Outbreaks in the WHO African Region 2016 - 2018, “The Compendium”, is a collection of short reports on selected outbreaks that occurred in the WHO African Region between 2016 and 2018 and which were successfully controlled.
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Acute Public Health Events Assessed by WHO Regional Offices for Africa, the Americas, and Europe under the International Health Regulations (2005) - 2017 Report

Since 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) has established a mechanism for outbreak detection, verification, and information sharing as part of global disease surveillance. With the entry into force of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) in June 2007, WHO and State Parties committed to detect, verify, assess and report
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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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