IHR News
The WHO quarterly bulletin on IHR implementation
In this issue
What's new in IHR coordination and support
- External review of pandemic response: Update on the work of the Review Committee and Note from the Chairman
- IHR i-course: Update on 1st and 2nd sessions
- IHR authorized list of ports: December update
What's new in risk and disease control
- Launch of the new meningitis vaccine for Africa: MenAfriVac
- New GAR publications: Global health security, meningitis and smallpox
- Environmental health criteria for principles and methods for the risk assessment of chemicals in food
What's new in the WHO regions1
- AFRO: Integrated Disease Surveillance (IDSR) - Publication of revised guidelines
- EMRO: Evaluation of training needs in epidemiology in Morocco
- PAHO/AMRO: Cholera in Haiti
- PAHO/AMRO: Assessment tool for core capacity requirements at designated airports, ports and ground crossings - now available in Spanish
- SEARO/WPRO: Launch of APSED 2010
Other NEWS
- Travel and transport: Pandemic H1N1 2009 - Lessons learned for building a safer world
- Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network (TEPHINET): Global scientific conference 2010
- IHR News Bulletin: Reader survey
- Holiday greetings
1 The six WHO regional offices:
AFRO – Regional Office for Africa; EMRO – Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean;
EURO – Regional Office for Europe; PAHO/AMRO – Pan American Sanitary Bureau/Regional Office for the Americas; SEARO – Regional Office for South-East Asia; WPRO – Regional Office for the Western Pacific.