Standard Operating Procedures for coordinating Public Helath Event Preparedness and Response in the WHO African Region
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The Standard Operating Procedures for Coordinating Public Health Event Preparedness and Response in the WHO African Region (“the SOPs”) seek to inform and assist WHO staff at the frontline of public health action. The primary purpose of the SOPs is to describe the steps that staff should normally follow in support of countries in the region with regard to the prevention, detection and response to acute public health events. Although the focus is on infectious diseases, given their importance in the African Region, the funding, administrative, logistics and coordination mechanisms described are equally applicable to acute public health events caused by other hazards.
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