Short Description Upon request by the World Health Organization/Global Outbreak and Response Network (WHO/GOARN) and/or project countries RKI staff supports international outbreak investigations. The coordination of the deployment of RKI staff and the administrative and logistic support for the international assignments are crucial for the effectiveness of any mission. The…
Short Description Ensuring the availability, quality and integrity of medicinal products worldwide remains critical and challenging for healthcare systems today. Patient safety is at the core of high-quality healthcare. Sub-standard drugs/poor quality products have a negative impact on the safety and effectiveness of treatments as well as directly contributing to…
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 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 Since 2016, the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine has been working with the Global Health Protection Programme (AfroLabNet) in Nigeria, Benin and Guinea to strengthen stationary and mobile laboratory capacities on viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) of the risk group 4 such as Lassa fever. The COVID-19 pandemic…