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Prevalence of Legionella as a waterborne pathogen and its health impacts in the pan-European region

Legionella infections represent a significant health burden in the pan-European region; in many countries it is considered among the most important waterborne...

Meeting report on water, sanitation and hygiene in health-care facilities in the WHO European Region: Budapest, Hungary, 2–4 July 2025

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, including waste management and environmental cleaning, are fundamental to quality care, infection prevention...

WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI): report on the sixth round of data collection, 2022– 2024

Unhealthy bodyweight in children affects physical and mental health, school performance and quality of life, while also raising the risk of obesity and...

Workshop on wastewater and environmental surveillance for public health in central Asia: meeting report, Astana, 5 June 2025

The Workshop on wastewater and environmental surveillance (WES) for public health in central Asia, held on 5 June 2025 in Astana, convened national and...



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Catalogue of WHO guidance, assessment and review tools and trainings on Border Health and Points of Entry

Overview

This catalogue is a living document providing a general overview of currently available World Health Organization (WHO) resources on Border Health & Points of Entry (PoE) which are non-hazard specific. 

It will be updated on a regular basis as new guidance and tools become available.

The target audience for this catalogue are health authorities in Member States working on developing, strengthening and maintaining International Health Regulations (2005) public health capacities for border health, including at ports, airports and ground crossings. 

This catalogue lists WHO resources in the following order:

  1. WHO homepage on Border Health and PoE
  2. WHO guidance
    • All PoE
    • Specific for airports and air transport, ground crossings and seaports and sea transport
  3. Assessment and review tools
  4. Trainings
    • WHO online trainings for PoE & Border Health
    • Face-to-Face trainings

For further information please contact the country health emergency preparedness and IHR (2005) programme, Health Emergencies Programme, WHO Regional Office for Europe at europcb@who.int.

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