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Response Team Deployment II: How are external teams deployed and managed?

Outbreak responses often require international support. Watch Jon Barden, Tony Stewart and Esther Ngadaya explain how this is coordinated.

In this step, Jon Barden (DFID), Tony Stewart (GOARN) and Esther Ngadaya (National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania) continue the discussion of how international teams are deployed to respond to outbreaks. They will discuss how external teams are structured and managed in the field, and they will give key examples from both successful and unsuccessful deployments.

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Disease Outbreaks in Low and Middle Income Countries

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