Operating Procedures - World Health Organization

1 SOP | Standard Operating ProceduresPBSOPFor Coordinating Public Health Event Preparedness and Response in the WHO African RegionSOPS tandard Operating ProceduresSOPFor Coordinating Public Health Event Preparedness and Response in the WHO African RegionSOPS tandard Operating ProceduresMarch 2014 PBSOP | Standard Operating Procedures4 The International Health Regulations (IHR) require all States Parties to develop a set of core capacities in surveillance and response covering any illness or medical condition, irrespective of origin or source that presents or could present significant harm to humans . The Regulations reinforce WHO s central role in managing public Health events of potential international concern and require that the Organization maintains the public Health emergency systems, networks, partnerships and tools to rapidly identify, verify and assess public Health risks of potential international concern.

• Preparing for, and responding to acute PH events is a joint function of all levels of WHO. The WHO outbreak alert and response functions include disease surveillance, risk assessment, risk communications, field operations, resource mobilization, outbreak logistics, information management and monitoring and evaluation of the PHE response.3

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