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Diseases

Disease tools give basic information on diseases that cause epidemics. Each disease card also links to action tools to use when dealing with this specific disease. Each action tools in turn refers you to specific community messages. By putting all the toolkit information together, you obtain a simple set of documents that serves as a working guide for the specific epidemic you are facing.

Diseases organised: Alphabetically Per type

Faecal-oral infections

Acute diarrhoea

Poliomyelitis (polio)

Other diseases

Acute malnutrition

Acute respiratory infections preventable by vaccine - Diphtheria, chickenpox, mumps, rubella, whooping cough

Cluster of unexplained illnesses or deaths

Meningococcal meningitis

Vaccine-preventable diseases (including: diphtheria, chickenpox/varicella, mumps, rubella, whooping cough/pertussis)

Acute respiratory infections

Acute respiratory infections (ARIs)

Acute respiratory infections preventable by vaccine - Diphtheria, chickenpox, mumps, rubella, whooping cough

Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD)

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS)

Influenza (seasonal and avian)

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Vaccine-preventable diseases (including: diphtheria, chickenpox/varicella, mumps, rubella, whooping cough/pertussis)

Zoonotic diseases (diseases spread by animals)

Acute respiratory infections (ARIs)

Chagas disease (and chronic complications)

Ebola virus disease (EVD)

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS)

Marburg Virus Disease

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)

Rift Valley fever

Zika virus infection

Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes

Rift Valley fever

Zika virus infection

Haemorrhagic (bleeding) fevers

Ebola virus disease (EVD)

Marburg Virus Disease

Rift Valley fever