CHOLERA OUTBREAKS – EMERGENCY

PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

(EPREP) GTFCC SECRETARIAT

WHO/Ali Ngethi
Module 5: Additional resources

After completing this module, you will:

Locate the existing Global Task Force on

Cholera Control guidance on cholera.
Additional resources
GTFCC website: https://www.gtfcc.org/
⮚ Provides information on GTFCC,
Roadmap 2030, country progress,
cholera research and resources

Additional GTFCC technical guidance

on cholera is available at:
https://www.gtfcc.org/resources/
Additional resources
Cholera Outbreak Response Field
Manual, October 2019:
⮚ Document that provides a framework
to detect and monitor cholera
outbreaks and to organize the
response
⮚ Intended for public health
professionals and programme
managers who are directly involved
in cholera outbreak detection and
response
⮚ Manual is integrated into the GTFCC
cholera app
Available at: https://www.gtfcc.org/wp-
content/uploads/2020/05/gtfcc-cholera-
outbreak-response-field-manual.pdf
Additional resources
Cholera App:
⮚ Phone-based application
⮚ Designed to be used offline
⮚ Designed for public health
professionals
⮚ Includes technical information and
practical documents (among others
also the outbreak field manual)

Available at: https://www.gtfcc.org/cholera-

app/
 Additional resources
• Guidance on how to access the Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) from the ICG
emergency stockpile:
https://www.who.int/cholera/vaccines/Guidance_accessing_OCV_stockpile.pdf
⮚ Document that describes the process of and requirements to request OCV for reactive
campaigns for outbreak response/ prevention in humanitarian crisis
• Cholera kit calculation tool:
https://www.who.int/emergencies/emergency-health-kits/revised-cholera-kits
⮚ Tool to help calculate supply needs, based on the WHO cholera kits
Thank you!