The Coordinated Investigation and Response OT is currently being developed by the Quadripartite to support countries to operationalise national joint outbreak investigation and response procedures. As part of this process, the Response Preparedness workshop was developed to focus specifically on national joint zoonotic disease outbreak response capacity.

For the Response Preparedness workshop, an online course (to be completed prior to the workshop) was developed to familiarise participants with the programme and provide a basis for discussion during the workshop.

Due to popular demand and positive feedback from users, the course was released to the public on OpenWHO in October 2023.

The course details the perspectives of animal and public health services to foster a better understanding of the diverse perspectives of stakeholders during the response to a zoonotic disease outbreak. Example scenarios are provided to participants for them to reflect on the coordination needed at the human-animal-environment interface during such events.