EWARS-in-a-Box is a newly enhanced electronic tool that manages early warning, alert and response system in emergency, conflict and vulnerable settings. The electronic tool comprises of web and mobile interfaces. This quick start guide provides a rapid overview of technological components of the tool to key stakeholders in emergency settings, prior to field implementation.

EWARS-in-a-Box is a newly enhanced electronic tool that manages early warning, alert and response system in emergency, conflict and vulnerable settings. The electronic tool comprises of web and mobile interfaces. This user guide provides a comprehensive overview, and step-by-step instructions for the mobile-usersto manage the EWARS app to report from the field.

Infectious diseases with epidemic potential remain a significant and constant threat to the health and security of populations around the world, requiring robust health emergency preparedness, readiness and response systems and capacities at local and national levels. Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs), the EMT Initiative and its global network focus on establishing common quality standards and recommendations for medical teams to respond to health emergencies rapidly and effectively, as well as strengthening and supporting national capacities through strong collaboration and coordination. This publication defines minimum standards for the establishment of such critical capacities in a predictable and quality assured manner, and will enhance the interoperability between national, regional, and international capacities. This will contribute to the development and classification of respective specialized care teams (SCT) within the EMT framework and will provide guidance to member states, ministries of health, national and international EMTs and other key stakeholders to develop capacities and trainings, preparing for, or responding to outbreaks of highly infectious diseases.

A crucial aspect in managing health emergencies is the is the prompt identification of health threats. The World Health Organization (WHO) has established a comprehensive strategy for public health intelligence aimed at the global detection, verification, risk assessment, and dissemination of information regarding health threats. This document serves as the third global report on the public health intelligence activities conducted by WHO in 2023.

Currently, dengue fever is the fastest-spreading mosquito-borne viral disease worldwide with epidemics overburdening stretched health systems and threatening the stability of societies. Although the transmission of dengue and recently also of chikungunya and Zika can be controlled with a combination of effective vector control interventions and an efficient vaccine, late detection and inadequate response mechanisms are compounding the effects of rapid transmission. Furthermore, despite the existence of outbreak alert indicators, the means of deploying them in early warning systems is often lacking. This guide is an update to the previous version. This revised edition of The Early Warning and Response System (EWARS) for Dengue Outbreaks: operational guide using the web-based dashboard aims to provide programme managers with a user-friendly tool that can: (i) analyse and draw conclusions from historic dengue, chikungunya and Zika datasets; (ii) identify appropriate alarm indicators that can sensitively and specifically predict forthcoming outbreaks at smaller spatial scales; and (iii) use these results and analyses to build an early warning system to detect dengue outbreaks in real-time and respond accordingly. Together, these three components will build technical capacity and provide a standardized methodology for predicting dengue outbreaks in countries with great need. Furthermore, this web-based EWARS tool can ensure enhanced, fast and secured communication, between national and subnational levels, and standardized utilization of surveillance data.

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The ERF provides WHO staff with essential guidance on how the Organization manages the assessment, grading and response to public health events and emergencies with health consequences, in support of Member States and affected communities. The ERF adopts an all-hazards approach and it is therefore applicable in all acute public health events and emergencies. This version (2024) of the WHO ERF has been developed following extensive consultation across the three levels of the Organization and response experiences over the last five years of emergency response. Key areas have been updated to improve the accountability, predictability, timeliness and effectiveness of WHO’s response to emergencies.

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