Strategic Partnership for Health Security and Emergency Preparedness (SPH) Portal | Building Stronger Health Systems for Sustainable Health Security

Region

European Region

Country

Tajikistan

Date

10-03-2020 to 11-03-2020

Phe Category

Epidemics and Pandemics

Public Health Emergency

COVID-19

Simulation Exercise Activity

TTX

Participants

Tajikistan

Status

Conducted

Purpose

Purpose:
Through facilitated group discussion, the exercise aims to examine and strengthen your existing plans, procedures and capabilities to manage an imported case of COVID-19.

Objectives:
1. Share information on the progress of your preparation, including response capabilities, plans and procedures to identify and respond to an imported case of COVID-19 in your country.
2. Identify areas of interdependence between health actors and other sectors
3. Conduct gap analysis based on the WHO Operational Readiness Benchmarks for COVID-19
4. Develop an action plan to enhance your level of readiness, based on the WHO benchmarks.

Overview

Hazard and Risk

Hazard and risk to countries can be determined probabilistically as a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity. Current hazard/risk can be assessed based on country risk assessment reports, recurring events, current events in other countries and other sources.

Country Capacity

Country Capacity is the combination of the strengths, attributes and resources available within the country to manage and reduce health emergency risks and strengthen resilience. The International Health Regulations (IHR, 2005) require all WHO Member States to have the ability to detect, assess, report and respond to public health emergencies. Country capacities are assessed through the IHR Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, IHR-PVS National Bridging Workshops, health system data and related indicators.

National Plan

National planning helps to determine what actions should be taken in the coming weeks, months and years to prevent, detect and respond to risks and threats. Actions can be identified through all-hazards National Action Plans for Health Security (NAPHS), disease-specific plans, contingency plans and other sources.

Resource Landscape

Donors and partners can include Member States, intergovernmental organizations, development banks, institutes, non-state actors and others who provide financial assistance and/or expertise to assist countries in strengthening and maintaining capacities to prevent, detect and respond to public health risks and threats.