Guatemala’s Ministry of Health Rapid Response Team Manuals

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• Alternative Title:
  Biosecur Bioterror
• Personal Author:
  Hernandez, Luis ; Hanson, Kimberly M. ; Martel, Lise D.
• Description:
  The function of public health rapid response teams (RRTs) is to quickly identify, investigate, and control an outbreak before it can spread. The Central America Regional Office in Guatemala provided assistance to the Guatemalan Ministry of Health and Social Assistance (MSPAS) to develop RRT manuals at the district and regional levels. The manuals are divided into 4 sections: background, activity lists, standard operating procedures, and annexes. The manuals outline Guatemala's RRT members' responsibilities and will be tested in the near future through tabletop exercises. The development of the manuals is a concrete and significant step toward the attainment of Guatemala's IHR goals and should be integrated into a larger emergency management system to promote "a world safe and secure from global health threats posed by infectious diseases."
• Subjects:
  Animals Article Bioterrorism Communicable Disease Control Disease Outbreaks Global Health Government Agencies Guatemala Humans Manuals As Topic Organizational Objectives Security Measures

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• Source:
  Biosecur Bioterror. 12(5):292-297.
• Pubmed ID:
  25254918
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5477176
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d3403e5695bb35036e9c7fb2b8a3fa0bcef2732404e0fe772eaadf26953c21ab
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/46332/cdc_46332_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 172.46 KB ]