{"id":51625,"date":"2015-01-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/01\/26\/who-partners-with-unmc-in-global-response-network\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:43:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:43:53","slug":"who-partners-with-unmc-in-global-response-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/01\/26\/who-partners-with-unmc-in-global-response-network\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO partners with UNMC in global response network"},"content":{"rendered":"

The World Health Organization has made UNMC a partner in its Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

GOARN, created in 2000, is a worldwide collaboration of more than 300 institutions and networks that react rapidly to outbreaks of international importance to cut response time to days and hours.<\/p>\n

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., said that UNMC’s stellar performance in caring for Ebola patients caught WHO’s attention. <\/p>\n

“Awareness of UNMC’s expertise in public health emergencies and global mission has greatly increased. Membership in GOARN is another reflection of the increasing prominence of UNMC in emerging infectious diseases and global health,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Partnership in GOARN provides UNMC the opportunity to provide technical assistance to WHO for global public health emergencies and access to detailed and timely information on public health events being monitored by WHO worldwide,” said Ali S. Khan, M.D., M.P.H., dean of the UNMC College of Public Health.<\/p>\n

“There is growing recognition that an outbreak anywhere can potentially represent an emergency of international public health concern everywhere. We are now part of a network of experts that can rapidly respond to an outbreak anywhere in the world.” <\/p>\n

GOARN’s primary aims are to:<\/p>\n