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Outbreak Investigation and Response

Overview

  • Main causes of child deaths in emergency settings

  • Why, when and how to investigate disease outbreaks in emergencies

  • Methods of disease outbreak prevention

Facilitation Notes

This session serves two purposes: one, to provide an introduction to the Child Health Module — framing the subsequent disease-specific sessions and making the case for focusing on specific diseases in emergencies; and two, outlining general disease outbreak prevention, investigation and response skills. Special attention should be paid to discussion of Save the Children's role in an outbreak context and specific functions field staff can play under the circumstances described within the session. Additional facilitation notes are included within the slides.

The presentation should be followed with the group discussion detailed below.

See the Outbreak Investigation and Response Summary Sheet for more information.


Timing

1 hour and 15 minutes

Allow 45 minutes to present the slides and 30 minutes for the exercise


Exercises and Group Work

The exercise at the end of this session is intended for plenary discussion where each part is introduced and discussed separately. Sufficient time should be given after each part is introduced to discuss and agree upon the best next steps. As each subsequent part builds onto the exercise, participants are able to lay out the plan and execution of an outbreak investigation.


Visual Aids and Demonstrations

1. Outbreak Investigation and Response PowerPoint Presentation


Resources

Clinical Guidelines: Diagnosis and treatment manual. MSF, 2006

Communicable disease control in emergencies: A field manual. WHO, 2005

Communicable disease in Complex Emergencies impact and challenges, Lancet 2004

Epidemics after Natural Disasters, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007

Additional Resources

 

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