This unit supports countries in the surveillance, prevention, preparedness and control of pandemic & epidemic-prone diseases, through the development of evidence-based strategies to predict, prevent, detect and respond to infectious hazards.
It also ensures the regional surveillance functions related to these hazards.
Major Action Lines
Pandemic & epidemic-prone diseases:
Influenza and other respiratory viruses
MERS CoV
Hemorrhagic fevers and hantavirus
Yellow fever and emerging arboviruses
Plague
Cholera and epidemic-prone diarrheal diseases
Leptospirosis
Meningococcal disease
Expert networks and interventions for surveillance and response:
Epidemiology and modeling
Laboratory
Clinical management
Infection prevention and control
Areas of Work
