Submission no later than Sunday 15 December 2024 23:59 Geneva time (CET)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking experts to serve as part of the Technical Working Group to work on contact tracing implementation guidance.
In 2023, WHO’s Health Emergencies programme initiated the development of a disease-agnostic contact tracing guideline; a guideline steering group was brought together, a guideline development group was recruited, and a systematic literature review was conducted.
In September 2024, the guideline was approved by the WHO Guideline Review Committee (GRC). The guideline is expected to be published in English at the end of 2024. Translations into five additional official WHO languages are expected to be published in the first quarter of 2025. The guideline is the first WHO normative document that establishes the key definitions and concepts of contact tracing.
In order to encourage the application of these concepts and definitions, as well as the uptake of the guideline’s recommendations, a practical implementation guidance will be developed in 2025.
The guidance will be divided into four sections: methods for contact person identification; methods for contact person monitoring; methods for measuring the performance of the contact tracing strategies; and the minimum set of variables needed for contact tracing.
We are seeking approximately 20 individuals from ministries of health, national public health agencies, and partner organizations to join a Technical Working Group that will develop the implementation guidance with us.
The Terms of Reference provide more information about the rationale, the profiles of experts sought, the process to express interest, and the selection process.
We look forward to your submissions of interest no later than Sunday 15 December 23:59 Geneva time (CET).
Expressions of interest should be sent by email to the Contact Tracing guidance project team (contacttracing@who.int) using the subject line “EOI for TWG on Contact Tracing implementation guidance.”