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30 November 2018 - Phnom Penh, CambodiaMekong Basin Disease Surveillance eNewsletter 12/2018
MBDS has updated regular MBDS XB exchange report from actvie MBDS cross border (XB) sites, MBDS XB Presentation with analysed data and MBDS XB compiled data in MBDS website. The report describes the total number of cases and death from MBDS prioritized exchange report. Data in th... Read More
PIP Partnership Contribution High-Level Implementation Plan I Final Report, 2014-2017
14 December 2018 - The Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Secretariat is pleased to announce the publication of the final report on implementation of the Partnership Contribution (PC)High-Level Implementation Plan I (HLIP I). It presents the achievements and impact of the work... Read More
13-14 December 2018 - Hong Kong, SAR ChinaTechnical Consultation on National Cross-Sectoral Collaboration Between Security and Health Sectors
The International Health Regulations (IHR (2005)) require 196 States Parties to the IHR to detect, assess, report, and respond to potential public health emergencies of international concern (PHEIC) in a timely manner at all levels of government. Improving collaboration between t... Read More
10-12 December 2018 - Hong Kong, SAR ChinaGlobal Technical Consultation on Strengthening National Health Security through Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Planning: building sustainable and resilient capacities for pandemic response
Influenza pandemics are unpredictable but recognized as recurring events that can have serious consequences on human health and economic well-being worldwide. After an outbreak of Avian Influenza (H5N1) virus in 1997 in poultry in Hong Kong SAR, China, in 2003, the avian and othe... Read More
Simulation exercise puts global pandemic readiness to the test
A simulation for a global pandemic response involving more than 40 countries will take place 4-6 December, 2018, coordinated by the World Health Organization’s Global Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) and by the EOC Network, a global network of health emergency operations centr... Read More
Week 49 edition on Outbreaks and Other Emergencies in the African Region
This Weekly Bulletin focuses on selected acute public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African Region. The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 57 events in the region. This week’s edition covers key new and ongoing events, including: Ebola virus disea... Read More
13TH GENERAL PROGRAMME OF WORK (GPW13)
Zoom in - contribution to one billion people protected from health emergencies – WHO 13th Global Programme of Work The WHO 13th General Programme of Work (GPW 13) was adopted by Member States in May 2018. It has three interconnected strategic priorities to ensure healthy lives an... Read More
Australian Health Security Corps committed to people-centred public health in Cambodia
The Indo-Pacific Centre’s Health Security Corps deployed two Australian volunteers to work with the United Nations (UN) World Health Organization (WHO) in Cambodia as part of Australian Government’s Health Security Initiativefor the Indo-Pacific Region. Stephanie Wheeler worked a... Read More
28-11-2018 - Addis Ababa, EthiopiaAfrica CDC issues guidance to Member States to improve detection of outbreaks and other public health threats
Addis Ababa, 28 November 2018. Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) released guidance today to improve detection of outbreaks and other public health threats in African Union Member States. ehiopia.jpg Under the coordina... Read More
EMC-AH new way of working endorsed
The Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health (EMC-AH) Twelfth Steering Committee endorsed the Centre’s new way of working – supporting the implementation of its Strategic Action Plan 2018–2022. The Steering Committee brought together delegates from over 10 countries and inte... Read More