Context Under the International Health Regulations (2005), all WHO Member States are committed to strengthening their capacities to respond effectively to public health crises. SEAR Member States are frequently subject to climate- and infectious disease-related health crises. Health emergency operations centres (HEOCs) play a crucial role in responding…
Short Description Establishing a freely-accessible, comprehensive, and user-friendly registry of systematic reviews on vaccinations and vaccine-preventable diseases is at the core of this project. An accompanying E-learning course offers step-by-step guidance on how to use existing reviews to develop vaccination recommendations for respective countries. The content of the course…
Short Description As the world comes together to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical that essential services and operations continue to protect the lives of people with Tuberculosis (TB). The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to reverse much of the progress that has been made in reducing TB-related morbidity and…
Short Description Vaccines are crucial public health measures to fight vaccine-preventable diseases, e.g. measles. Further, COVID-19 vaccines, once available, will be essential to fight the pandemic. In Cox’s Bazar, 860,697 Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN)/Rohingya refugees live in camps. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), immunization rates among FDMN/Rohingya…
Short Description Compared to other regions in the world, the African continent is faced with a particularly high number of infectious diseases. These include acute fevers of unknown origin as well as anti-infective-resistant pathogens that have barely been examined to date. This demonstrates a significant shortcoming, as illustrated by the…
Short Description Since 2017, the TuNDRA project has been supported by the Global Health Protection Programme of the German Federal Ministry of Health. The project is carried out by a consortium consisting of the Robert Koch Institute, the International Vaccine Institute and partner institutions in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Hospital-based…
Short Description The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) was requested by the Government of Namibia to assist in the development and implementation of a “Namibia Institute for Public Health” (NIPH). The following areas were identified as the focus for cooperation between the Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services and the…
Short Description The WHO AMR Surveillance and Quality Assessment Collaborating Centres Network (“WHO AMR CC Network”) aims to reduce drug-resistant infections, also known as Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), through improved collection and reporting of AMR data worldwide. AMR is a significant global threat. International cooperation such as…
Short Description The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) is a network of over 200 partner institutions from over 75 countries (including 43 countries on the DAC list) which pools human and technical resources for rapid identification, confirmation and response to outbreaks of international importance. For…