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32,866,000 Population - 2025
Neighbouring Countries
SE
11 - 16 November 2024
NP
15 - 19 November 2021
AR
03 - 01 November 2023
SE
SE
AR
21 - 23 November 2017
JE
17 - 17 November 2019
IHR Designated PoE
Ground Crossing
30
Port
3
Airport
3
No Data!
No Data!
IHR-PVS
N/A
2023
AMR Self Assessment
No Data!
MPC
Multisectoral Preparedness Coordination
No Data!
Joint Risk Assessment (JRA)
Universal Health Coverage
Sustainable Development Goals
Development assistance and vaccine coverage
SDG Target 3.b
SDG Target 3.b
Health workforce (Medical doctors per 10000 population)
SDG Target 3.c
SDG Target 3.c
Sanitation and hygiene Total Population using at least basic sanitation services (%)
SDG Target 6.2
SDG Target 6.2
Others
Conducted
2021
NAPHS
No Plan or Plan not publicly available
Influenza Plan
N/A
AMR PLAN
Public Health Emergencies Preparedness
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PIP Framework -
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) -
Resolve to Save Lives
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To establish and strengthen influenza surveillance systems, knowledge and capacities for a timely and appropriate response to pandemic influenza
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To support Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) with the COVID-19 pathogenic genomic sequencing initiative
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Support Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) with the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across the continent
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To support the UK's New Variant Assessment Platform (NVAP) rollout to African Union Member States, to enhance the detection and subsequent assessment of SARS-CoV-2 variants
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Support Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to undertake a rapid mortality survey to assess the impacts from COVID-19
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Support Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and partners response to Covid-19
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Support Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to develop and strengthen the Africa CDC Kofi Annan Global Health Leadership Programme
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Support Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to develop monitoring and evaluation of the Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing: Trace, Test and Track initiative
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Support Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) with the organisation and delivery of the Africa CDC virtual conference 'Africa's Leadership in COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Access'
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Support Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and partners to develop guidance for sero-surveillance surveys
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Support Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and partners to develop and strengthen the African Volunteer Health Corps (AVoHC) for effective public health deployment for COVID-19 response
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To support Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) with the development and implementation of COVID-19 guidance
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"To support Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in strengthening the Public Health Emergency Operation Centres (PH EOC) for effective COVID-19 response across the African Union member states. "
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"Integrated training of healthcare workers; Infection Prevention and Control monitoring and supportive supervision"
Partner Matching
- Immunization
- Medical Countermeasures
- AFENET
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- BDC
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
- Coalition for Epidemics Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
- Ending Pandemics
- EpiAFRIC
- EPPR
- European Union
- French Embassy
- GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance
- International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI)
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- Lions Clubs International
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM)
- OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)
- PIP Framework
- Resolve to Save Lives
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
- U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ)
- U.S. Department of State (DoS)
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC)
- World Bank
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
AMR support activities
- Microbiological Expertise
- Laboratory Quality Management
- Antibiotic use, Stewardship, Clinical Guideline Development
- Infection Prevention
- Environmental Health
- Veterinary Health/Zoonoses
- One Health Approach
- Technical Support
- Capacity Building
- Knowledge Exchange
National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge