Public Health Action in Emergencies Caused by Epidemics (WHO

Public Health Action in Emergencies Caused by Epidemics (WHO - OMS, 1986, 285 p.)

		(introduction...)
		Acknowledgements
		1. Introduction
		2. Explanation of terms and general lines of action
		3. Organization of an emergency health service
		4. Procedures for epidemiological investigations
		5. Analysis of investigation data
		6. General measures for the control of outbreaks
		7. Follow-up of control measures
		ANNEX 1 - Explanation of epidemiological terms1
		ANNEX 2 - Procedures for assembling epidemiological data and formulating and testing hypotheses of causation
		ANNEX 3 - Diseases that may cause epidemics1
		ANNEX 4 - Standard precautions, isolation and medical evacuation for diseases with person-to-person transmission
		ANNEX 5 - Collection and shipment of laboratory specimens
		ANNEX 6 - Identification of arthropod and rodent vectors of communicable diseases and use of insecticides and rodenticides
		ANNEX 7 - Decontamination procedures
		ANNEX 8 - Informal Consultation on Strategies for the Control of Emergencies Caused by Epidemics of Communicable Disease, 9-13 November 1981
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