International Health Regulations news bulletin, 4 october 2013
The IHR news bulletin No. 22 is released. It is available at www.who.int/ihr/ihrnews/ihrnewsissue22/en/index.html
In this issue:
WHAT’S NEW IN IHR COORDINATION AND SUPPORT
▪ Third Meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee concerning MERS-CoV, 25 September 2013
▪ Strengthening health security at ports, airports and ground crossings: WHO-EC project kick-off meeting, Brussels, Belgium, 25 September, 2013
▪ Tutorials on the use of Annex 2 of the International Health Regulations (2005)
▪ Training course for epidemiologists, Amman, Jordan, 20-24 August 2013
▪ Ports, Airports and Ground Crossings: Learning programme on ship sanitation inspection
▪ Handbook for inspection of ships and issuance of ship sanitation certificates: New language versions available
▪ Public Health Emergency Operations Centre Network (EOC-NET): Report of the consultation, 19–20 November 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
WHAT’S NEW IN RISK MANAGEMENT AND DISEASE CONTROL
▪ Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
▪ Risk assessment: Table top exercises to support multisectoral coordination and reporting under the International Health Regulations
▪ Food safety: Enhancing INFOSAN in Asia and implementation of regional food safety strategies – Meeting report
WHAT’S NEW IN THE WHO REGIONS
▪ AFRO: IDENTIFY project mission, Cameroon, 15-17 July, 2013
▪ EMRO: Assessment missions to Cairo, Egypt (28-30 May 2013) and Sana’a, Yemen (1-3 June 2013) for the establishment of Laboratory Quality Management System
▪ EURO: Training course on ship sanitation inspection and issuance of ship sanitation certificates, Antalya, Turkey, 15-19 April 2013
▪ SEARO: Regional consultation on IHR core capacities at points of entry meeting, Kochi, India, 26-28 June 2013
▪ WPRO: Regional Workshop to strengthen core capacities at designated points of entry under the IHR, Ningbo, China, 23-26 April 2013
OTHER NEWS
▪ European Union Joint Action SHIPSAN ACT