IHR Risk Communication Capacity Building Workshop

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IHR Risk Communication Capacity Building Workshop

• Bryna Brennan, Senior Advisor, Risk and Outbreak
  Communication
• PAHO/WHO
• Lima, Peru March 2010

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The Global Outbreak and Response Network
(GOARN)

• a technical collaboration of existing
  institutions and networks who pool human and
  technical resources for the rapid identification,
  confirmation and response to outbreaks of
  international importance.
• The Network provides an operational framework to
  link this expertise and skill to keep the
  international community alert to the threat of
  outbreaks and ready to respond.

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Objectives
The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network
contributes towards global health security
by combating the international spread of
outbreaks ensuring that appropriate technical
assistance reaches affected states rapidly
contributing to long-term epidemic preparedness
and capacity building.
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• GOARN has been bringing agreed upon standards to
  international epidemic response through the
  development of Guiding Principles for
  International Outbreak Alert and Response and
  operational protocols to standardize
  epidemiological, laboratory, clinical management,
  research, communications, logistics support,
  security, evacuation and communications systems.

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GOARN

• WHO coordinates international outbreak response
  using resources from the network. WHO also
  provides a secretarial service for the network
  (e.g. employment of project manager, support for
  the Steering Committee and structures) as part of
  its Alert and Response Operations within CSR. In
  addition, protocols for network structure,
  operations and communications have been developed
  to improve coordination between partners.

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IHR

• Risk communication capacity building

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TORs
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Institutions

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www.paho.org/riskcomm