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Runge-Ranzinger, Silvia (2016) Technical handbook for dengue surveillance, dengue outbreak prediction/detection and outbreak response (Model contingency plan), , World Health Organization.
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Abstract
This handbook was produced by TDR together with WHO’s Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Department and WHO regional offices in the context of a European Union-financed research programme, the International Research Consortium on Dengue Risk Assessment, Management and Surveillance (IDAMS), to develop an evidence-based handbook for the early outbreak detec-tion and management of dengue fever outbreaks. The handbook targets public health providers, in particular those at national level. It is not an implementation guideline, but a framework for developing a national contingency plan with local adaptations that acknowledge micro-level pro-gramme components. Response planning requires contextual details encompassing the structure of the health and vector control services, the availability of infrastructure and budget, and human resources, and the willingness of staff to cooperate, among others.
The aim of this “model contingency plan” is to assist programme managers and planners in devel-oping a national, context-specific, dengue outbreak response plan in order to: (a) detect a dengue outbreak at an early stage through clearly defined and validated alarm signals; (b) precisely define when a dengue outbreak has started; and (c) organize an early response to the alarm signals or an “emergency response” once an outbreak has started.
A summary of this document, "Dengue Contingency Planning: From Research to Policy and Practice" (PNTD-D-16-00407R1) has also been published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Corporate Authors: | WHO, TDR |
| Subjects: | WA Public Health > WA 105 Epidemiology WA Public Health > Health Administration and Organization > WA 530 International health administration WA Public Health > Health Administration and Organization > WA 540 National and state health administration WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Infectious Mononucleosis. Arbovirus Infections > WC 528 Dengue |
| Faculty: Department: | Biological Sciences > Vector Biology Department Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department |
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| Depositing User: | Jessica Jones |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2016 11:34 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Aug 2023 10:50 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/6242 |
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