2003
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
During the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003, 78 GOARN experts, 30 of whom were from WPR, assisted in 3 WPR countries, China, Viet Nam and Singapore. Roles attended included case management, communications, coordination, data management, emergency medicine, epidemiology and surveillance, infection prevention and control, information technology, laboratory, logistics, microbiology, operations, virology
WHO / Blink Media - Fabeha Monir
2004
A/H5N1, Cambodia and Vietnam
WHO / Gary Hampton
2005
Meningitis, Philippines
During the Meningitis outbreak in the Philippines in 2005, 9 GOARN experts assisted in-country in the roles of epidemiology and surveillance, laboratory, public health specialist, coordination, infection prevention and control.
WHO/R. Barry
2008
Olympics Laboratory Mission, China
During the Olympics Laboratory Mission in China in 2008, 4 GOARN experts assisted China in the roles coordination and laboratory.
WHO
2009
Cholera Outbreak Response, Papua New Guinea
During the Cholera outbreak in 2009 in Papua New Guinea 9 GOARN experts assisted in-country. Their roles included case management, environmental health, epidemiology and surveillance, logistics, video documentation.
WHO / Yoshi Shimizu
2009
Leptospirosis Outbreak Response, Philippines
During the Leptospirosis Outbreak in the Philippines 5 GOARN experts assisted in the Philippines in the roles of case management, epidemiology and surveillance, logistics.
WHO / Will Seal
2009
Vibrio vulcanificus, New Caledonia
During the Vibrio vulcanificus outbreak in New Caledonia in 2009, 4 GOARN experts assisted in-country. Their roles were in epidemiology and surveillance, microbiology.
WHO / Yoshi Shimizu
2012
Cholera Outbreak Response Mission, Philippines
During the Cholera outbreak in the Philippines in 2012, 2 GOARN experts attended in-country to assist in the roles of case management.
WHO
2013
Dengue and Zika outbreak response, French Polynesia
During the Dengue and Zika outbreak in French Polynesia in 2013 1 GOARN expert attended Tahiti in the role of epidemiology and surveillance.
WHO / Yoshi Shimizu
2013
Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) response in the Philippines
Super Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda) made a landfall in the Philippines on 8 November 2013. The storm caused massive damage and casualties in 9 regions of the Philippines, affecting 16 million people and displacing 4 million. During the disaster response mission, 37 GOARN experts, 13 from WPR, assisted in-country in the roles of administration, case management, data management, epidemiology and surveillance, public health specialist, logistics, nurse, senior technical advisor.
WHO
2015
Zika Virus Disease, Multiple locations
During the Zika Virus disease outbreak in 2015 2 GOARN experts were received into French Polynesia in the roles of epidemiology and surveillance.
WHO / Yoshi Shimizu
2016
Cyclone Winston response, Fiji
During the Cycle Winston response in Fiji in 2016, 6 GOARN experts which included 5 from WPR assisted in-country in the roles of coordination, epidemiology and surveillance
WHO / Jason Chute
2017
Acinetobacter Baumannii, Fiji
During the Acinetobacter Baumannii outbreak in Fiji in 2017, 3 GOARN experts which included 2 from WPR assisted in-country in the role of infection prevention and control
WHO/Pesa Latasi Taumoe’anga
2018
Polio, Papua New Guinea
During the Polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea in 2018, 4 GOARN experts, 3 from WPR region, assisted in -country in the roles of epidemiology and surveillance
WHO
2019
Measles, Pacific Island Countries and Areas
During the measles outbreak in Pacific Islands in 2019 6 GOARN experts, 3 from WPR, assisted in the roles communications, epidemiology and surveillance
WHO/Yoshi Shimizu
2020
COVID-19 Global Response, 2020 - 2023
From January 2020 to May 2023 seventy-two (72) individual GOARN experts to 89 deployment missions to 12 members states to support the COVID-19 pandemic response. 47% of the experts deployed were female. 34 GOARN partner institutions provided technical experts for deployment to the Region with 16 (47%) of these partners based within the Region.
© WHO / Rolex dela Pena
2024
Measles, Mongolia
During the measles outbreak in Mongolia in 2024, 2 GOARN experts were deployed from WPR, to assist with clinical management and infection prevention and control. Through rapid action and expert surge support from WHO and GOARN, Mongolia averted a large-scale outbreak and strengthened its readiness to detect and respond to future imminent infectious disease outbreaks.
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WHO/ B. Henderson