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Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB in adults and children

World Health Organization (2013)

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Transmission of Ebola Viruses: What We Know and What We Do Not Know

Michael T. Osterholma, Kristine A. Moorea, Nicholas S. Kelley et al. (2015)

mBio, Vol. 6 Issue 2, March/April 2015 Available evidence demonstrates that direct patient contact and contact with infectious body fluids are the primary modes for Ebola virus transmission, but this is based on a limited number of studies. In this review, the authors address what we know and what ... more

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Haemorrhagic Fevers in Africa: Narratives, Politics and Path ways of Disease an Response

Melissa Leach STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies (2008) C1

Ebola

Clinical management of patients in the Ebola Treatment Centres and other care centres in Sierra Leone

Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone; World Health Organization (2015)

Interim emergency guidelines

Rapid guidance on the decommissioning of Ebola care facilities
recommended

World Health Organization (2015) C_WHO

In light of the decline in new Ebola cases, strategies are now needed to scale down the activities and bed capacities in Ebola care facilities. These facilities include Ebola treatment units, community care centres, Ebola treatment centres and isolation centres. The Governments of Guinea, Liberia an... more

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GO pre-deployment training: participant handbook
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO

This is a pre-deployment training, tailored specially to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, offered to WHO personnel, consultants, and key partners. The material covered in modules 1-4 is applicable and useful to frontline response workers, national and international. Only Module 5, which focuses on... more

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WHO Recommended Surveillance Standards

World Health Organization (1999)

Second editon

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Pandemic influenza preparedness and response WHO guidance document

World Health Organization (2009)

This document should be used in conjunction with the WHO checklist for influenza preparedness planning published by the World Health Organization in 2005. Available in English; Chinese; French

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WHO checklist for influenza pandemic preparedness planning

World Health Organization (2005) C_WHO

The aim of the pandemic preparedness checklist is primarily to provide an outline of the essential minimum elements of preparedness, as well as elements of preparedness that are considered desirable. It is recommended that responsible authorities or institutes in countries that are in the process of... more

Pandemic influenza preparedness Framework for the sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

2nd edition . This Framework applies to the sharing of H5N1 and other influenza viruses with human pandemic potential and the sharing of benefits. This Framework does not apply to seasonal influenza viruses or other non-influenza pathogens or biological substances that may be contained in clinical ... more