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12,952,000 Population - 2025
Neighbouring Countries
AR
28 - 30 January 2025
NP
14 - 19 November 2022
NP
06 - 10 May 2019
SE
30 - 17 October 2022
SE
22 - 23 March 2023
SE
20 - 20 February 2020
SE
23 - 23 May 2018
SE
08 - 11 January 2019
SE
30 - 02 August 2019
IHR Designated PoE
Ground Crossing
4
Port
0
Airport
1
No Data!
No Data!
IHR-PVS
Completed
2023
AMR Self Assessment
No Data!
MPC
Multisectoral Preparedness Coordination
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
2022
NAPHS
No Plan or Plan not publicly available
Influenza Plan
C - National AMR action plan developed.
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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To accelerate the detection and reporting of all COVID-19 deaths and jump-start improvements in mortality data globally.
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To provide 70 cities with technical and financial assistance to respond to COVID-19
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"Integrated training of healthcare workers; Infection Prevention and Control monitoring and supportive supervision"
Partner Matching
- National Legislation, Policy and Financing
- IHR Coordination, Communication and Advocacy
- Immunization
- National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID)
- AFENET
- African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM)
- Argentina, National Food Safety and Quality Service (SENASA)
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Australia
- Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
- BDC
- Better Health Moves Humanity Forward (PATH)
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
- Brazil, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply (MAPA)
- Coalition for Epidemics Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
- Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)
- Ending Pandemics
- EpiAFRIC
- EPPR
- European Union
- FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD)
- Fleming Fund
- French Embassy
- Fundación Maris Llorens
- 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)
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH)
- PIP Framework
- Resolve to Save Lives
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
- The Service for the National Health for Food Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA)
- U.K, Department for International Development (DFID)
- U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
AMR support activities
- Microbiological Expertise
- Antibiotic use, Stewardship, Clinical Guideline Development
- Veterinary Health/Zoonoses
- Food
- Epidemiology/Surveillance
- Infection Prevention
- One Health Approach
- Capacity Building
- Knowledge Exchange
- Strategic/Policy Support
- Technical Support
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
National Veterinary Institute