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Normes de surveillance SIDA

Organisation de la Santé Mondiale (2000)
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Improving Basic Training Skills

IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross Red Cresent Societies (2000) CC
Disaster Preparedness Training Programme
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Increasing Community Disaster Awareness

IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross Red Cresent Societies (2000) CC
Disaster Preparedness Training Programme
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Logical Framework Planning Matrix

Armenian Red Cross Disaster Management ProgrammeDisaster Preparedness and Response Project IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross Red Cresent Societies (2000) CC
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Preparedness Planning

IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross Red Cresent Societies (2000) CC
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A framework for assessing the performance of health systems

Christopher J.L. Murray1 & Julio Frenk World Health Organization (WHO) (2000)
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000, 78 (6)
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Manuel de la peste: epidémiologie, répartition, surveillance et lutte. Chapitre 1-4

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (1999) C_WHO
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WHO Recommended Surveillance Standards

World Health Organization (1999)
Second editon
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Plague manual: epidemiology, distribution, surveillance and control, Chapter 1-2

World Health Organization (1999) C_WHO
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Manuel de la peste: epidémiologie, répartition, surveillance et lutte. Chapitre 5-7

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (1999) C_WHO
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Plague manual: epidemiology, distribution, surveillance and control Chapter 6-7

World Health Organization WHO (1999) C_WHO
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Plague manual: epidemiology, distribution, surveillance and control Chapter 3-5

World Health Organization (1999) C_WHO
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Plague Surveillance

World Health Organization WHO (1999) C_WHO
WHO/CDS/CSR/EDC/99.2 Plague Manual Epidemiology, Distribution, Surveillance and Control
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Rapid Health Assessment Protocols for Emergencies

World Health Organization WHO (1999) C_WHO
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Control of Epidemic Meningococcal Disease

World Health Organization (1998)
WHO practical guidelines. 2nd edition
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District guidelines for yellow fever surveillance

World Health Organization WHO (1998) C_WHO