Branch Outbreak Response Team (BORT) for Cholera Course Handbook

with consideration for COVID-19 BRC Health and WASH Team and IFRC Africa WASH Regional Team
May 2021

What we will cover in Module 1
• How do IFRC and the National Societies prepare for and respond to cholera outbreaks across Africa.
• How the Branch Transmission Intervention Team fits into RCRC responses.
• Rationale for the Taransmission Intervention team and an overview of its actions and 5 Tier approach.
• Government and Country Analysis of the health set up for cholera in your country.

Key learning for participants
• Get familiar with the three-pronged approach of the RCRC in responding locally to cholera outbreaks.
• Being able to explain how the Branch intervention team would work with the ORP teams and the DHA.
• Able to recognize the rationale behind the locations and prioritization of the actions.
• Understand the emergency health set up in your country and how the team will fit in with it.