Technical Guidelines for Integrated Disease Surveillance ... - PHRplus

Section 5Respond to Outbreaks and Other Public HealthProblemsThis section describes how to:Create and use a district epidemic management committee to improve preparednessfor responding to epidemics and other public health problemsPrepare the necessary resources for responding to epidemics and other public healthproblemsRespond to epidemics and other public health problemsSelect appropriate public health responses based on investigation and analysis resultsand disease-specific recommendations for: Strengthening case management of priority diseases and conditions Updating health staff’s skills Conducting an emergency immunization campaign Enhancing surveillance during an outbreak response activity Informing and educating the community Improving access to clean water Ensuring safe disposal of human waste Improving food handling practices Reducing exposure to mosquitoes Controlling animal vectorsReport on lessons learned from the current response and recommendations for futureresponse activitiesSection 5: Respond to Outbreaks and Other Public Health Problems53