Vol. 4 No. 3 (2013): July – September

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International Health Regulations (2005): preparedness, surveillance and response

Published: 03-07-2013

Outbreak Investigation Report

Ongoing outbreak of dengue serotype-3 in Solomon Islands, January to May 2013

Francisco Nogareda, Cynthia Joshua, Alison Sio, Matthew Shortus, Tenneth Dalipanda, Kara Durski, Jennie Musto, Elliot Puiahi, Alfred Dofai, John Aaskov, Van Mai Cao-Lormeau, Didier Musso, Nick Dutta, Juliet Fleischl, Eric J Nilles
A family cluster of nitrite poisoning, Suzhou City, Jiangsu, China, 2013

Ruiping Wang, Teng Chen-gang, Zhang Ning, Jun Zhang, George Conway
Ongoing rubella outbreak among adults in Tokyo, Japan, June 2012 to April 2013

Yoshiyuki Sugishita, Takuri Takahashi, Narumi Hori, Mitsuru Abo

Surveillance Report

Event-based surveillance in Papua New Guinea: strengthening an International Health Regulations (2005) core capacity

Rosheila Dagina, Manoj Murhekar, Alexander Rosewell, Boris I Pavlin
Epidemiology of the 2012 influenza season in Victoria, Australia

James Fielding, Kristina Grant, Lucinda Franklin, Sheena Sullivan, Georgina Papadakis, Heath Kelly, Allen Cheng
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Original Research

Seasonal influenza vaccine policies, recommendations and use in the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Region

Members of the Western Pacific Region Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System
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Brief Report

Vibrio cholerae antimicrobial drug resistance, Papua New Guinea, 2009-2011

Manoj Murhekar, Samir R Dutta, Berry Ropa, Rosheila Dagina, Enoch Posanai, Alexander Rosewell
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International Health Regulations (2005): public health event communications in the Western Pacific Region

Emily Fearnley, Ailan Li

Lessons from the Field

Human resources for health: lessons from the cholera outbreak in Papua New Guinea

Alexander Rosewell, Sibauk Bieb, Geoff Clark, Geoff Miller, Raina MacIntyre, Anthony Zwi
The Pacific experience: supporting small island countries and territories to meet their 2012 International Health Regulations (2005) commitments

Adam Craig, Jacob L Kool, Eric J Nilles

Editorial

Implementing the International Health Regulations (2005) in the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region

Ailan Li
The legacies of SARS – international preparedness and readiness to respond to future threats in the Western Pacific Region

John S Mackenzie, Angela Merianos