Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) focal point engagement meeting with partners in Japan

Authors

  • Haruka Iwasaki Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
  • Sharon Salmon World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines; Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia, Canberra, Australia; UNSW Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Yukimasa Matsuzawa Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Global Outbreak Intelligence, Capacity Building and Deployment Coordination Center, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
  • Sangnim Lee Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
  • Kanae Takagi Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Global Outbreak Intelligence, Capacity Building and Deployment Coordination Center, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
  • Hidetoshi Nomoto Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Global Outbreak Intelligence, Capacity Building and Deployment Coordination Center, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Emerging Infectious Diseases, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
  • Masahiro Ishikane Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Global Outbreak Intelligence, Capacity Building and Deployment Coordination Center, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Emerging Infectious Diseases, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
  • Mugen Ujiie Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Global Outbreak Intelligence, Capacity Building and Deployment Coordination Center, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
  • Norio Ohmagari Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Global Outbreak Intelligence, Capacity Building and Deployment Coordination Center, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Emerging Infectious Diseases, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2024.15.5.1100

Keywords:

GOARN, outbreaks, group meetings, partnerships, Japan

Abstract

This report documents the first national GOARN partner focal point engagement meeting held in Japan. It shares the objective, meeting format and outcomes. The meeting facilitated information exchange and encouraged the formation of national-led partner forums to foster collaboration between partners to enhance preparedness and response to international infectious disease outbreaks. 

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Published

01-02-2024

How to Cite

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Iwasaki H, Salmon S, Matsuzawa Y, Lee S, Takagi K, Nomoto H, Ishikane M, Ujiie M, Ohmagari N. Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) focal point engagement meeting with partners in Japan. Western Pac Surveill Response J [Internet]. 2024 Feb. 1 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];15(5):3. Available from: https://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/1100

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 5 (2024): Special Edition: Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN)

Section

News, Meeting and Conference Reports

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