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Preparing for pandemic flu: five countries ready to update preparedness plans

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Biostatistician Elyes Boutouria (l) and epidemiologist Wassim Zaatour review Tunisia’s map of influenza sentinel sites at the national observatory for new and emerging diseases Preparing for pandemic flu: five countries ready to update preparedness plans

15 August 2018 - From 13 to 15 August, public health experts from five countries gathered in Tunis, to develop a planning tool for creating and updating national plans for pandemic influenza preparedness. It was the first time two WHO Regional Offices (the Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, or EMRO, and the one for the African Region, or AFRO) worked together on organizing a workshop on a key public health issue.

In the workshop, Ministry of Health staff from Morocco, Tunisia, Oman, Tanzania and Ghana joined experts from WHO to develop an action planning tool, which allows countries to identify gaps in their National Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plans.

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