IASC, Humanitarian System-wide Scale-Up Activation Protocol for the Control of Infectious Disease Events, 2019

Author: Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)

This paper outlines the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) procedures for the assessment of infectious disease events, the consultation and decision-making processes on Scale-Up activation, the activation and deactivation criteria and procedures, and implications for IASC members and other key collaborating organizations.

Executive Summary – IASC Scale-Up Protocol for Infectious Disease Events 2019

This executive summary of the report provides key information for leaders and the set of actions an infectious disease Scale-Up automatically triggers.

View the guidance and executive summary in English here.

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This website is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of READY and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. Led by Save the Children, the READY initiative is implemented in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health, the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, UK-Med, and the Humanitarian Leadership Academy. READY is augmenting global capacity for non-governmental organizations to respond to large-scale infectious disease outbreaks.