Readership
Infectious Disease Specialists, Prevention Scientists, Public Health Hygienists, Public Health Professionals, Researchers
Scope
The Western Pacific Surveillance and Response journal (WPSAR) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes on all aspects of health security in response to public health events and emergencies in the Western Pacific Region. The journal is published by the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific.
The objectives of WPSAR are: to provide a platform for people working in health security in the Western Pacific Region to share their scientific and operational findings;
to publish a broad range of articles not limited to conventional research articles: to disseminate short reports on outbreak investigations; to publish analyses of surveillance data on communicable diseases; to encourage the publication of evaluations of new and existing surveillance systems; to promote the use of risk assessment for public health by facilitating risk assessment articles; to support prevention, preparedness, readiness, response and recovery to public health events and emergencies through the dissemination of lessons learnt from such events;
to build capacity in communicating epidemiological and operational findings in the Western Pacific Region through pre-submission assistance.
WPSAR covers all activities related to health security, including prevention, preparedness, surveillance, response and recovery activities for public health events and emergencies, with a focus on topics that are relevant to the Western Pacific Region.
Public health events and emergencies include, but are not limited to, acute or ongoing communicable diseases, emerging infectious diseases, natural disasters, food safety, bioterrorism, and chemical and radiological events. Other health security topics may include health system infrastructure and governance, surveillance system monitoring and evaluation, emergency response operations, public health capacity-building and training, risk assessment and risk communications.