Region
African Region
Destination Country
Senegal
Key objectives
Developing an interconnected global network of EOCs and multi-sectoral response to biological incidents.
Contribution Area
Emergency Response Operations
Destination Entity
Senegal
Source Entity
United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC)
Activity
Every country will have a public health Emergency Operations Center (EOC) functioning according to minimum common standards; maintaining trained, functioning, multi-sectoral rapid response teams (RRTs) and “real-time” biosurveillance laboratory networks and information systems; and trained EOC staff capable of activating a coordinated emergency response within 120 minutes of the identification of a public health emergency.
Contribution channel
Partner
Implementing partner
U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)