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Mission Statement
Goals
List of Guidelines for Communicable Diseases
Anthrax
Guidelines for the Surveillance and Control of Anthrax in Human and Animals. 3rd edition [WHO/EMC/ZDI/98.6]
Chikungunya
Guidelines on Clinical Management of Chikungunya Fever [PDF 843 KB]
Dengue
Dengue haemorrhagic fever: diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control. 2nd edition. Geneva: World Health Organization.
Regional Guidelines on Dengue/DHF Prevention and Control (Regional Publication 29/1999).
Check-list for management of dengue haemorrhagic fever outbreaks, surveillance, and reporting.
Diarrhea
Acute diarrhoea
Acute diarrhoeal diseases in complex emergency: critical step.
First step for managing an outbreak of acute diarrhoea.
Cholera
Cholera outbreak: assessing the outbreak response and improving preparedness. [WHO/CDS/CPE/ZFK/2004.4]
Ebola
WHO recommended Guidelines for Epidemic Preparedness and Response: Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever (EHF) [WHO/EMC/ DIS/97.7] part 3-4 epidemic management.
Hepatitis
Hepatitis A [WHO/CDS/CSR/EDC/2000.7] surveillance and control (p19-27), prevention and treatment. (p28-29)
Hepatitis B [WHO/CDS/CSR/LYO/2002.2:Hepatitis B] surveillance and control p.43-57, guideline for epidemic measure p.66.
Hepatitis Delta [WHO/CDS/CSR/NCS/2001.1] guideline for epidemic measures p. 22.
Hepatitis E [WHO/CDS/CSR/EDC/2001.12] surveillance and control p.16-19.
Influenza
A guide for conducting table-top exercises for national influenza pandemic preparedness [SEA-CD-156] [PDF 167 KB]
WHO manual on animal influenza diagnosis and surveillance [WHO/CDS/CSR/NCS/2002.5 Rev. 1]
WHO Guidelines on the Use of Vaccines and Antivirals during Influenza Pandemics [WHO/CDS/CSR/RMD/2004.8]
WHO consultation on priority public health interventions before and during an influenza pandemic [WHO/CDS/CSR/RMD/2004.9]
Influenza A (H5N1): WHO Interim Infection Control Guidelines for Health Care Facilities
Lab & Surveillance
Lab
Laboratory Diagnosis of Chikungunya Fevers
Guidelines for the collection of clinical specimens during field investigation of outbreaks 2000 [WHO/CDS/CSR/EDC/2000.4]
Laboratory bio-safety manual 3rd edition 2004.
Surveillance
WHO Recommended Surveillance Standards. Second edition 1999. [WHO/CDS/CSR/ISR/99.2]
Protocol for the assessment of national communicable disease surveillance and response systems. Guidelines for assessment teams [WHO/CDS/CSR/ISR/2001/2/EN]
Natural disaster: protecting the public’s health; chapter7.
Measles
WHO Guidelines for Epidemic Preparedness and Response to Measles Outbreaks 1999 [WHO/CDS/CSR/ISR/99.1]
Meningococcal meningitis
Control of epidemic meningococcal disease. WHO practical guidelines. 2nd edition [WHO/EMC/BAC/98.3]
Plague
Operational Guidelines on Plague Surveillance, Diagnosis, Prevention and Control [PDF 1.7 MB]
Plague manual: Epidemiology, Distribution, Surveillance and Control [WHO/CDS/CSR/EDC/99.2] treatment and control p.55-60, human surveillance p. 135-139
SARS
WHO guidelinesfor the global surveillance of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Updated recommendations, October 2004 [WHO/CDS/CSR/ARO/2004.1]
Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers (Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever)
Infection Control for Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers in the African Health Care Setting 1998.
Establishing collaboration between animal and human health
Zoonotic diseases: A guide to establishing collaboration between animal and human health sectors at the country level [PDF 504 KB]
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