What is your assessment of the situation? What protocols, plans, or resources that you know of might you use?

What are your next steps? What are the top 3 most urgent priorities to act on? Consider both health and non-health sector actions.

How will you perform these actions? Think specifically – for example, if you want to send an investigation team, where will they come from? Is there a formal response mechanism and who has the authority to do so? What functions do they need to do, and how will it be resourced?

Who are you communicating with? Consider colleagues and stakeholders at all levels – central level to communities – and in other sectors.

What other information do you need to plan? Is this information available or accessible, and how would you get it?