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	International Health Regulations (IHR) The International Health Regulations are an international legal instrument that covers measures for preventing the transnational spread of infectious diseases. The newly adopted IHR (2005) has as purpose and scope “to prevent, protect against, control and provide a public health response to the international spread of disease in ways that are commensurate with and restricted to public health risks, and which avoid unnecessary interference with international traffic and trade”. This page provides a detailed description and information on progress of its implementation, plus relevant links. eer-ihrs.htm

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Surveillance
Featured Surveillance Items
	Number of Cholera Cases in the Americas (1990–2006) This Excel PDF table shows the number of reported cases of cholera in the Region and in the countries from 1990 to 2006. cholera-1990-2006.pdf

	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. cholera_outbreak.htm WHO

	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. PowerPoint

Annual Status Reports
	Annual Report of the Monitoring/Surveillance Network for Resistance to Antibiotics, 2004 (Brasilia, Brazil, 27-29 July 2005)
	Annual Regional Report from Countries Participating in the Network for Monitoring and Surveillance of Resistance to Antibiotics (2002 data) (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 10–13 May 2003)
	Annual Regional Meeting of Countries Participating in the Monitoring/Surveillance Network on Resistance to Antibiotics (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 17-19 April 2002)
	Annual Regional Meeting of Countries Participating in the Network for Monitoring/Surveillance of Resistance to Antibiotics (Asunción, Paraguay, 31 January–February 2001)
Incidence/Mortality/Case Fatality
	Number of Cholera Cases in the Americas (1990–2006)
Guidelines and Manuals
	The 5 key ways to keep your food safe (Content Manual)
	Activity Book, The 5 key ways to keep your food safe (Teacher's Guide)
	A Guide to Healthy Food Markets
	Management of Dead Bodies after Disasters: A Manual for First Responders
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Resistance Surveillance
	Annual Regional Meeting of Countries Participating in the Network for Monitoring/Surveillance of Resistance to Antibiotics (Asunción, Paraguay, 31 January–February 2001)
Health Profiles and Data
	Regional Core Health Data System - Indicators Glossary
Country Profiles
	Number of Cholera Cases in the Americas (1990–2006)

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Product Types (register under only one): 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, Incidence and disease registries, Resistance surveillance, Epidemiological surveillance systems, Geographic information systems, Groups affected, Risk factors/behaviors, Outbreaks

Number of Cases and Deaths, 1991-2001
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