Emerging Viral Infections, Surveillance, Outbreak Preparedness and Response Course

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Emerging Viral Infections, Surveillance, Outbreak Preparedness and Response Course

Training Outlines

Course Introduction

An effective outbreak response begins before the first confirmed case, with functioning surveillance, clear responsibilities and tested coordination arrangements. This course helps professionals turn emerging signals into proportionate action. Participants practise risk assessment, response planning and public communication under uncertainty, using a progressive simulation that links preparedness decisions to operational performance.

Course Objectives

Differentiate surveillance approaches and select information sources for an emerging threat
Assess alert credibility and identify information gaps requiring verification
Interpret line lists, epidemic curves and surveillance indicators
Prepare a rapid risk assessment with explicit assumptions and uncertainty
Develop a coordinated incident action plan with roles and resource priorities
Evaluate a simulated response and produce an improvement plan

Who Should Attend

Public health leaders, surveillance and epidemiology officers, emergency preparedness managers, communicable disease teams, hospital administrators, infection prevention professionals and multi-agency health emergency coordinators.

Course Methodology

Facilitated workshops, synthetic surveillance datasets, alert-verification scenarios, rapid risk assessments, leadership briefings and a progressive tabletop simulation. Participants practise coordination and decision-making rather than laboratory or clinical procedures. Structured debriefs assess timeliness, evidence use, communication and implementation.

Day One: Emerging Threats and Preparedness Foundations

Drivers of viral emergence and the human-animal-environment interface
Hazard, exposure, vulnerability and public health consequences
Preparedness roles, escalation pathways and coordination
Essential-service continuity, readiness gaps and resource dependencies
Practical exercise: map preparedness systems and prioritise readiness improvements

Day Two: Surveillance and Early Warning

Indicator-based, event-based, syndromic and sentinel surveillance
Integrating clinical, laboratory, community and environmental information
Alert verification, reporting timeliness and data quality
Information sharing, confidentiality and appropriate escalation
Practical exercise: triage simulated signals and design an alert dashboard

Day Three: Outbreak Assessment and Public Health Intelligence

Working case definitions, line lists and descriptive epidemiology
Interpreting epidemic curves, rates and geographical patterns
Assessing severity, spread, vulnerable groups and evidence gaps
Rapid risk assessment with explicit assumptions and uncertainty
Practical exercise: analyse a synthetic dataset and produce a risk brief

Day Four: Coordinated Response Planning

Incident objectives, responsibilities and operational coordination
Prioritising control measures by risk, feasibility and equity
Resource allocation, workforce continuity and service capacity
Public information, community engagement and inter-agency communication
Practical exercise: prepare an incident action plan and situation report

Day Five: Tabletop Response and Organisational Learning

Adapting decisions to new evidence and competing demands
Monitoring response performance and implementation gaps
Transition, recovery and continuity of surveillance
After-action review and corrective-action tracking
Capstone exercise: complete an outbreak simulation and defend an improvement plan

Training Locations

This Emerging Viral Infections, Surveillance, Outbreak Preparedness and Response Course is available in multiple cities. Please select your preferred location from the list below

Durrës

Albania

Tirana

Albania

Andorra la Vella

Andorra

Escaldes-Engordany

Andorra

Innsbruck

Austria

Salzburg

Austria

Vienna

Austria

Gomel

Belarus

Minsk

Belarus

Antwerp

Belgium

Brussels

Belgium

Banja Luka

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Plovdiv

Bulgaria

Sofia

Bulgaria

Dubrovnik

Croatia

Split

Croatia

Zagreb

Croatia

Limassol

Cyprus

Nicosia

Cyprus

Brno

Czech Republic

Prague

Czech Republic

Aarhus

Denmark

Copenhagen

Denmark

Tallinn

Estonia

Tartu

Estonia

Helsinki

Finland

Tampere

Finland

Lyon

France

Marseille

France

Nice

France

Paris

France

Berlin

Germany

Frankfurt

Germany

Hamburg

Germany

Munich

Germany

Athens

Greece

Thessaloniki

Greece

Budapest

Hungary

Debrecen

Hungary

Akureyri

Iceland

Reykjavík

Iceland

Jakarta

Indonesia

Cork

Ireland

Dublin

Ireland

Florence

Italy

Milan

Italy

Naples

Italy

Rome

Italy

Osaka

Japan

Tokyo

Japan

Pristina

Kosovo

Prizren

Kosovo

Liepāja

Latvia

Riga

Latvia

Schaan

Liechtenstein

Vaduz

Liechtenstein

Kaunas

Lithuania

Vilnius

Lithuania

Esch-sur-Alzette

Luxembourg

Luxembourg City

Luxembourg

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Malé

Maldives

St. Julian's

Malta

Valletta

Malta

Bălți

Moldova

Chișinău

Moldova

La Condamine

Monaco

Monte Carlo

Monaco

Budva

Montenegro

Podgorica

Montenegro

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Rotterdam

Netherlands

The Hague

Netherlands

Abuja

Nigeria

Lagos

Nigeria

Port Harcourt

Nigeria

Ohrid

North Macedonia

Skopje

North Macedonia

Bergen

Norway

Oslo

Norway

Gdańsk

Poland

Kraków

Poland

Warsaw

Poland

Faro

Portugal

Lisbon

Portugal

Porto

Portugal

Bucharest

Romania

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

City of San Marino

San Marino

Serravalle

San Marino

Belgrade

Serbia

Novi Sad

Serbia

Singapore

Bratislava

Slovakia

Košice

Slovakia

Bled

Slovenia

Ljubljana

Slovenia

Incheon

South Korea

Seoul

South Korea

Barcelona

Spain

Madrid

Spain

Valencia

Spain

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Sri Lanka

Gothenburg

Sweden

Stockholm

Sweden

Bern

Switzerland

Geneva

Switzerland

Zurich

Switzerland

Kaohsiung

Taiwan

Taipei

Taiwan

Ankara

Turkey

Istanbul

Turkey

Kyiv

Ukraine

Lviv

Ukraine

Odesa

Ukraine

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Birmingham

United Kingdom

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

London

United Kingdom

Manchester

United Kingdom

Rome (Vatican-adjacent)

Vatican City

Training Schedule

Below is the table of cities along with the respective dates for the upcoming training sessions of Emerging Viral Infections, Surveillance, Outbreak Preparedness and Response Course. Please review the schedule to find the most convenient option for you. You can also use the below search bar to type the city name and filter the results.