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Disease Prevention and Control — Communicable Diseases : Anthrax - Antimicrobial Resistance - Campylobacter - Chagas - Cholera - Dengue - Emerging/Reemerging Diseases, - Influenza - Leishmaniasis - Leprosy - Malaria - Parasitic Diseases - Salmonella - Shigella - Smallpox - Tuberculosis - West Nile Virus  - Integrated Management of Childhood Illness - Veterinary Public Health - Non-Communicable Diseases -
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Cholera Outbreak: Assessing the Outbreak Response and Improving Preparedness

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Cholera Outbreak: Assessing the Outbreak Response and Improving Preparedness
This document offers a framework for the assessment of a cholera outbreak response, which will help to provide a comprehensive overview of outbreak response; pinpoint the main strengths and weaknesses of said response; improve preparedness for and response for future outbreaks; and provide accurate recommendations based on WHO official guidelines. This page offers a summary of the document and a link to the full text in PDF on the WHO site.
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Cholera (Region of the Americas, 1991-2002)
This eight-slide PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of the current situation of cholera in the Americas, with tables, graphs, maps and summary information.
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Situation Reports

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Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonella, Shigella and Vibrio cholerae Isolates in the Americas, 1996-1999

Outbreaks

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Cholera Outbreak: Assessing the Outbreak Response and Improving Preparedness

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EID Updates: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 24—12 August 2004

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EID Weekly Updates: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 16—22 April 2004

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EID Weekly Updates: Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Region of the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 4—29 January 2004

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Guidelines and Manuals

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Drains & You: A Manual for Drainage Maintenance Workers

Resistance Surveillance

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Annual Regional Meeting of Countries Participating in the Network for Monitoring/Surveillance of Resistance to Antibiotics (Asunción, Paraguay, 31 January–February 2001)

Statistical Databases

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Situation Reports, Country Profiles, Forms, Guidelines and Manuals, Health Profiles and Data, Statistical Databases, Other Databases
Keywords (no limit, or key in Product type/s in keyword field for cross-referencing): Surveillance features CHOLERA, Annual status reports, Incidence/Mortality/Fatality, Epidemic alert and response, Incidence and disease registries, Outbreaks, Resistance surveillance, Epidemiological surveillance systems, Geographic information systems, Maps, Groups affected, Risk factors/behaviors

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