EMERGENCY RESPONSE FRAMEWORK - WHO

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EMERGENCY RESPONSE FRAMEWORK WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication DataEmergency RESPONSE FRAMEWORK (ERF). . planning. medical services. Health Organization. Health 978 92 4 150497 3 (NLM classification: WB 105) World Health Organization 2013All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health Organization are available on the WHO web site ( ) or can be purchased from WHO Press, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland (tel.: +41 22 791 3264; fax: +41 22 791 4857; e-mail: Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications whether for sale or for non-commercial distribution should be addressed to WHO Press through the WHO web site ( ).)

coordinated and effective health sector response. Second, the ERF elaborates the steps WHO will take between the initial alert of an event and its eventual emergency classification, including event verification and event risk assessment. Third, the ERF describes WHO’s internal grading process for emergencies including

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