Handbook Public Health ERU Community Based Surveillance (CBS) Group lead: Norwegian Red Cross (focal point: PHiE Coordinator, Tonje Tingberg) Group members: Hong Kong Red Cross Society (Focal point, Karen Poon), French Red Cross (focal point, Aude Saintoyant) Belgium Red Cross (focal point, Robert Ghosn) Australian Red Cross (focal point, Lisa Natoli) IFRC focal point: PHiE senior officer, Gwendolen EAMER Big thank you, to the community-based surveillance technical working group, the public health ERU technical working group for good support during the development process. A specific thanks to Lisa Natoli, Australian RC, for valuable inputs and support during this development. To Anine Kongelf, Tine Larsen, Roxanne Moore, IFRC, Norwegian Red Cross and all our dedicated delegates and volun- teers who has made the development of the Public Health ERU possible. Oslo, November 2019, Tonje Tingberg Handbook PHE ERU CBS – revised November 2019 Page 1 / 55 Contents ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 TERMINOLOGY ................................................................................................................................................................... 6 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 HOW TO READ THIS HANDBOOK ............................................................................................................................................................ 7 BACKGROUND – DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ERUS ............................................................................................................ 8 ARTICULATION BETWEEN PH AND CLINICAL ERUS ......................................................................................................................... 9 2. FRAMEWORK FOR PUBLIC HEALTH ERU’S ................................................................................................... 12 STRATEGIC AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................................................... 12 GUIDING PRINCIPLES ............................................................................................................................................................................ 12 MINIMUM CORE STANDARDS .............................................................................................................................................................. 13 3. THE PH ERU CBS CONFIGURATION .................................................................................................................. 14 WHAT IS CBS? ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PH ERU CBS .......................................................................................................................... 14 ACTIVITIES............................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 KEY CHARACTERISTICS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15 GENERAL DESIGN AND OPERATION.................................................................................................................................................... 15 LINK TO OTHER SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS ......................................................................................................................................... 16 4. HUMAN RESOURCES .............................................................................................................................................. 18 PH ERU CBS TEAM PROFILES .......................................................................................................................................................... 18 LOCAL COUNTERPARTS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 21 THE DELEGATE TEAM ......................................................................................................................................................................... 21 TRAINING OF HUMAN RESOURCES ..................................................................................................................................................... 22 BRIEFINGS, DEBRIEFING & END OF MISSIONS .................................................................................................................................. 23 Briefings .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Debriefings ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 End of Mission Report ................................................................................................................................................................ 24 Handover document ................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Performance appraisal .............................................................................................................................................................. 24 SAFETY AND SECURITY OF DEPLOYED STAFF ................................................................................................................................... 25 REMOTE SUPPORT AND LINES OF COMMUNICATION ....................................................................................................................... 25 5. EQUIPMENT.............................................................................................................................................................. 25 CBS DIGITAL KIT .................................................................................................................................................................................. 26 Characteristics:............................................................................................................................................................................. 26 Set up ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 27 OTHER EQUIPMENT .............................................................................................................................................................................. 28 6. FINANCIAL ................................................................................................................................................................ 28 7. DEPLOYMENT MECHANISM ................................................................................................................................ 30 DEPLOYMENT FLOW CHART................................................................................................................................................................ 30 Handbook PHE ERU CBS – revised November 2019 Page 2 / 55 ACTIVATION .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 DEPLOYMENT OF ADVANCE TEAM/FEASIBILITY STUDY: ............................................................................................................... 31 Site selection .................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 Partner capacity .......................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Advocacy ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 DESIGN AND SET-UP: ........................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA)...................................................................................................... 34 IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................................................................................................................................ 35 Training of volunteers ............................................................................................................................................................... 36 CBS Operation ..............................................................................................................................................................................