WHO Standardized Outbreak Templates

One of the main advantages of Go.Data use for outbreak response is the ability to embed validated standards when performing case investigation, contact listing and contact tracing across disease types. This includes alignment with published standards and protocols by WHO technical teams when specifying variables and formats for data collection, such as the WHO Outbreak Toolkit.

To facilitate such standards, Go.Data contains outbreak templates for common diseases. Using an outbreak template, you can quickly activate an outbreak in your Go.Data interface, with the relevant outbreak details and case investigation form structure already complete.

To see more information on how to set up and use Outbreak Templates, please visit the Go.Data User Guide.

To access installation files to begin collecting data for any of the below diseases, you can contact godata@who.int.

Influenza viruses with pandemic potential

• Metadata Overview Guide
• Detailed Data Dictionary - Aligned with the Protocol to investigate non-seasonal influenza and other emerging acute respiratory diseases and the influenza investigations and studies (UNITY studies) protocols

Yellow Fever

• Metadata Overview Guide
• Detailed Data Dictionary

Mpox

• Detailed Data Dictionary - Aligned with 2024 Case Report Form (CRF) and Case Investigation Forms (CIF)

Cholera

• Metadata Overview Guide
• Detailed Data Dictionary

Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

• Metadata Overview Guide
• Detailed Data Dictionary

Measles

• Metadata Overview Guide
• Detailed Data Dictionary

SARS-CoV-2

• Metadata Overview Guide
• Detailed Data Dictionary

Tutorial for updating Go.Data Reference Data to align with a Disease-Specific Template

• Tutorial for updating Go.Data Reference Data