Health Emergency Preparedness for Imported Cases of High-Consequence Infectious Diseases: Operational Checklist for Country Preparedness Planning in the EU/EEA Countries; Technical Report | NLM

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Health Emergency Preparedness for Imported Cases of High-Consequence Infectious Diseases: Operational Checklist for Country Preparedness Planning in the EU/EEA Countries; Technical Report

10/22/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 10/22/2019. To support countries in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) in their review of preparedness system planning, this 21-page document provides an operational checklist for health emergency preparedness for imported cases of high-consequence infectious diseases. These diseases include Ebola virus disease, Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus disease, highly pathogenic avian influenza, pneumonic plague, and severe acute respiratory syndrome. The checklist describes the system elements that need to be planned, and the required organizational competencies in order to effectively manage the threat. (PDF)