IHR News
The WHO quarterly bulletin on IHR implementation
In this issue:
What's new in IHR coordination and support
- Report to the 126th Executive Board on the Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)
- IHR Decision instrument online training course – French and Spanish versions now available
- Third Meeting of the Steering Committee on the laboratory twinning initiative, 22-23 October 2009 WHO Lyon, France
- WHO/IATA Train-the-trainer course on Transport of infectious substances", 26–29 October 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
- WHO Biosafety Level 3 Training for National Influenza Centres. The French Food Safety Agency, 2–3 November 2009, Lyon, France
- WHO Consultation on areas where aircraft disinsection measures are recommended, 30 November – 1 December 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
- Fourth Global Health Security Communication Network Coordination Meeting, 1-3 December 2009, Lyon, France
- Global Laboratory Directory (GLaD) consultation, 7-8 December 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
- WHO Consultative meeting to review the WHO microbiology External Quality Assessment Programme in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO), 7-8 December 2009, Cairo, Egypt
- Ports, airports and ground crossings: : Informal technical consultation, 9-11 December 2009, Lyon, France
- Assessment tool for core capacity requirements at designated ports, airports and ground crossings
- IHR implementation course (IHR i-course): Registration for 1st session successfully underway
What's new in risk and disease control
- Pandemic (H1N1) 2009: WHO situation updates
- WHO interim technical advice for case management of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 on ships – now available online
- Five keys to safer food – Train the Trainer course – Module 1: Directed to Women
- Natural ventilation for infection control in health-care settings
WHAT’S NEW IN THE WHO REGIONS1
- AFRO: Progress towards implementation – country assessments and revised Technical Guidelines for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response
- EMRO: Interim guidance on public health measures for the returnee Hajj Pilgrims
- PAHO/AMRO: Availability of Pandemic Influenza Vaccine for the Americas
- SEARO and WPRO: WHO-ASEAN meeting on public health measures at international points of entry under the IHR, 24-26 November 2009, Manila, Philippines
Other NEWS
- 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.