Title of the centre:
WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
Director / Head:
Dr. Pierre Rollin
Institution:
Viral Special Pathogens Branch (VSPB), Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology (DHCPP), National Center for Emerging Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Address:
1600 Clifton Road, NE, MS A-26
30333
GA
Town:
Atlanta
Country:
USA
Region:
AMRO
Phone:
+1-404-639-1115
Fax:
+1-404-639-1118
Date of Designation:
01/Jan/1978
Last Redesignation:
11/Sep/2012
Expiry:
11/Sep/2016
Date of Discontinuation:
Terms of Reference:
- To cooperate in the WHO scheme for emergency aid in epidemics;
- To identify rapidly high risk pathogens specimens submitted through WHO, keeping the results confidential, if so required;
- To assist when emergencies occur with epidemiological surveys carried out under the responsibility of WHO by providing personnel and/or equipment when possible;
- To provide technical support to national laboratories involved in epidemiological and laboratory investigations, and outbreak responses;
- To provide technical support concerning biosafety and containment to national laboratories
- To inform WHO of any other epidemiological finding constituting a risk of international transmission of disease.
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Subjects:
- Viral hemorrhagic fevers
- Viral diseases other than those specifically mentioned
- Safety measures in microbiology
Types of activity:
- Outbreaks and emergencies
- Provision of reference substances and other services
- Providing technical advise to WHO
WHO organization wide expected result:
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1.4 - Policy and technical support provided to Member States in order to enhance their capacity to carry out surveillance and monitoring of all communicable diseases of public health importance. |
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1.7 - Member States and the international community equipped to detect, assess, respond to and cope with major epidemic and pandemic-prone diseases (e.g. influenza, meningitis, yellow fever, haemorrhagic fevers, plague and smallpox) through the development and implementation of tools, methodologies, practices, networks and partnerships for prevention, detection, preparedness and intervention. |
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1.8 - Regional and global capacity coordinated and made rapidly available to Member States for detection, verification, risk assessment and response to epidemics and other public health emergencies of international concern. |
Responsible Officer:
FORMENTY Pierre B.H.
Phone:
+41 22 79 12550
Technical Counterpart:
OLIVA Otavio F. Pinheiro de
Phone:
1-202-974-3707
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
Link to eWork
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