WHO/ Working Paper 1.1
Sponsors: Rwanda, Sudan, Mauritius, Mozambique, Egypt, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, World Vision
Communication Coordination
The World Health Organization
1. Form united East African committee/ with support from other African nations
-common challenges: large rural populations (with reduced access to HC)
2. Develop reporting guidelines
3. Communication with Health Care Professionals and Community Health Care workers
a. Identification of a disease
b. Airborne transmission
c. Symptom recognition
d. Preventive measures
e. Reporting guidelines
4. Centralized Communication Centre based in Nairobi, Kenya
a. Coordination team with representatives from each country supporting this working paper
b. Receives reports from identified HCP and CHCW’s from each country
5. Approach China, Scandinavia for funding to support
6. Collaboration with NGO’s (World Vision, Save the Children)
a. Communicate locally with schools re: when to report
7. Invite media from Western nations
8. Stockpiling Drugs/Vaccines
9. Human Health Resources