Outbreak committee presence, staff training, contingency hospital service plan and emergency funding (ref Q47, 48, 52, 53)

Country	Outbreak committee in place	Staff/committee training for outbreaks	Contingency plan for healthcare services in emergencies	Emergency fund
Afghanistan	Yes	I don't know	No	None
Bahrain	Yes	Yes	No	None
Djibouti	Yes	No	No	None
Egypt
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Yes	Yes	Yes	National level State/local level
Iraq	Yes	I don't know	Yes	None
Jordan	No	No	No	None
Kuwait
Lebanon	Yes	No	I don't know	None
Libya	No	No	No	None
Morocco	Yes	Yes	No	National level State/local level
Oman	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pakistan	Yes	No	No	State/local level
Palestinian Territory				None
Qatar	Yes	No	No	None
Saudi Arabia	Yes	I don't know	Yes	National level State/local level
Somalia	Yes	No	No	National level
Sudan				National level State/local level
Syrian Arab Republic
Tunisia	Yes	Yes	Yes	None
United Arab Emirates	Yes	Yes	Yes	None
Yemen	Yes	Yes	No	None

Established collaborations with institutions or agencies for arboviral outbreaks (ref Q50)

Country	Institutions
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Pasture Institute is a referral national lab and also it is planned to establish regional lab in the first line of two hot spots.
Iraq
Libya	Environmental sanitation offices at the ministry of local Authority. National center for animal health.
Oman	Collaborated with CDC Atlanta for further sero typing studies of Dengue virus.
Pakistan	NEI Singapore, Mahidol University Collaboration Centre, all medical Universities.
Qatar	Qatar University Erasmus Medical Center, Netherland Swiss Tropical Institute CDC, Atlanta Ministry of Health, Oman
Saudi Arabia	SACDC Local universities
Somalia	GOARN Africa CDC
Tunisia	As part of the monitoring of the WNV, agreements have been signed at the national level between the ministry of health and that of agriculture including the following structures: (1) The veterinary research institute, (2) Pasteur Institute of Tunis. Internationally there is a collaboration with: (1) the arbovirus monitoring laboratory of Marseille, France, and (2) the CIBU of the Pasteur Institute of Paris France.
Yemen	WHO. Baylor University. Jimma University Tropical and Infectious Diseases Research Center (JU-TIDRC). Armaur Hansen Research Institute (AHRI). National environmental authority Singapore.