Short Description In recent years a great deal of progress has been made in strengthening European and international Rapid Response Capacities. In this context, Rapid Response Mobile Laboratories (RRML) are a crucial component of the response capacities, coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Outbreak and…
Short Description Emergency Medical Teams for medical assistance in health emergencies Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) are teams of doctors, nurses and logisticians which deploy to an affected country in response to disasters and disease outbreaks. By treating the affected population, they provide surge capacity to support the local health system.
Short Description National Immunisation Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) are multidisciplinary panels of national experts providing independent and evidence-based guidance to Ministries of Health on immunisation policies and vaccine use in the population. The main task of the NITAGs is to gather, review, evaluate and structure evidence on specific vaccination topics…
Short Description The project FUTURE INTERNATIONAL, jointly led by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and the Charité University Medicine, gives selected hospitals with ICUs in partner countries the opportunity to be part of a telemedical intensive care network and to benefit from web-based learning. Through telemedicine, permanent on-site clinical technical…
Short Description GET PrepaReD helps project countries prepare for and respond to outbreaks of infectious diseases. Depending on the project country’s requirements and commitments, this project can address all stages in the crisis management cycle. GET PrepaReD supports project countries with the following objectives: Advancement of surveillance systems for the…
Short Description The project Go Africa 2021 aims at promoting WHO’s global action plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). AMR in Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) is a global public health threat. In the WHO African region, 11 million new infections are estimated each year. NG prevention, diagnostics and control remain a great…
Short Description The COVID-19 pandemic is exerting enormous pressure on health systems around the world. Following the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak, health systems strengthening activities and interventions received increased funding and gained prominence in Guinea and Sierra Leone. Germany has played a major role in responding to the Ebola…
Short Description Few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have surveillance systems for antimicrobial resistance (AMR), resulting in significant gaps in data pertaining to bacteria of public health relevance. In cooperation with TRICE, this project aims to enhance resistance diagnostics in project countries by introducing a blood culture diagnostic system. Aims of…
Short Description Health workforce is the key to health systems resilience. WHO describes a well-performing health workforce as “one that works in ways that are responsive, fair and efficient to achieve the best health outcomes possible, given available resources and circumstances”. In the current COVID-19 crisis, health care workers (HCWs)…