Fundamental Elements of Effective Outbreak Management, Roles & Responsibilities

A roadmap and good practice guide | July 2025

The following elements of outbreak management (at each phase of the response effort) alongside those responsible for their implementation, are derived from a study conducted by the UK-PHRST and Africa CDC entitled, “Impact of International Public Health Deployments on national capacities of AU member states”, and a validation & implementation workshop held subsequent to the completion of the study (June 23-24, 2025).

The workshop was attended by over 60 people comprising senior staff from ministries of health (MoHs) and national public health institutes (NPHI) of member states, regional public health bodies, deploying agencies and funders. These key outbreak management elements are presented as a roadmap to good and sustainable outbreak management practice