​WHO Launches First Global Framework for Pathogen Origins

On 4th September, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced a new global framework aimed at streamlining the investigation of the origins of novel and re-emerging pathogens with the potential to cause epidemics or pandemics.

  • This is the first unified, structured approach to investigating the origins of a novel pathogen.
  • It has been developed by the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO).

About the Framework

Six Technical Elements

  1. Early investigations of the first identified cases/ clusters / outbreaks to identify potential sources of exposure, collection of samples at the source, define the characteristics of the novel pathogen ....
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