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National/Territorial EpiNet Teams List of EpiNet Teams / TORs / Meetings

The response arm of the network, consisting of multi-disciplinary national/territorial outbreak response teams, the EpiNet teams. Besides coordinated surveillance and response field activities, the role of EpiNet is also to establish and maintain relevant PPHSN target-diseases surveillance and response protocols, including all technical and resource-related aspects of all operations.

List of EpiNet Teams

In every Pacific Island country and territory, health authorities have nominated National/Territorial EpiNet Teams (below):

American Samoa*
Cook Islands*
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
   > National Team*
   > Chuuk State Team*
   > Kosrae State Team *
   > Pohnpei State Team *
   > Yap State Team*
Fiji Islands
French Polynesia*
Guam*
Kiribati*
Marshall Islands*
Nauru

* Updated in 2013

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Proposed Terms of Reference

Proposed generic terms of reference were presented at the Regional EpiNet Workshop held in Suva in September 2003. They can serve as an exemple for countries/territories who would like to clarify the role of the EpiNet teams.

They were published in Inform'ACTION 16 (pdf, 65 KB)

Meetings

A series of EpiNet meetings took place from 2001 to 2004. They are listed below. Summaries of these meetings were published in Inform'ACTION 11, 15 and 18. CD-Roms of the proceedings of the meetings were also sent to all EpiNet teams. Copies can be obtained from the PPHSN-CB Focal Point (Email: phs.cdc@spc.int).

Second Regional EpiNet Workshop "PPHSN Preparedness for Influenza and other
Potential Threats like Dengue and SARS", co-organised by SPC and WHO in Noumea,
New Caledonia, 7-11 June 2004

First Regional EpiNet Workshop "Building on the SARS Experience - Preparing PPHSN
for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases" co-organised by SPC & WHO, 1-5
September 2003, Suva, Fiji Islands

3 EpiNet sub-regional workshops co-organised by SPC & WHO, 2001-2002

Between December 2001 and March 2002, SPC and WHO jointly funded and organised three EpiNet sub-regional workshops in order to further develop the outbreak alert and response capacities of PPHSN established five years ago. The outputs of the workshops were 6 PPHSN target disease-specific draft generic protocols, to be further developed and wrapped up (ongoing).

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