WHO and Qatar Fund for Development sign new agreement to meet health needs in Sudan
As part of the project, WHO will build the capacity of the health
workforce on emergency response in the three priority states of While
Nile, Kassala, and Sennar
CAIRO, Egypt, September 22, 2020/ -- The
World Health Organization is grateful for a generous donation of US$ 1
million from the Qatar Fund for Development to support its ongoing work
in Sudan for a period of one year.
The agreement is part of a larger, joint project that brings together
the Qatari Red Crescent and Qatar Charity to support vulnerable
populations in Sudan, in coordination with the Federal Ministry of
Health and WHO.
“Sudan’s health system suffers from years of underfunding, lack of
staff, human resources, medicines, materials, equipment and medical
supplies,” said Dr Ahmed Al Mandhari, Regional Director for the Eastern
Mediterranean. “Recent flooding in Sudan has also led to an increased
risk of vector- and water-borne diseases, requiring strengthened disease surveillance and coordination. COVID-19 has also created additional
challenges for the health system. WHO hopes that the successful
implementation of this pilot project will result in a long term
cooperation to strengthen the emergency preparedness and response on
federal and state level in the entire country.”
As part of the project, WHO will build the capacity of the health
workforce on emergency response in the three priority states of While
Nile, Kassala, and Sennar, and will increase the coverage of sentinel
sites reporting on diseases in White Nile State. WHO will also establish and equip a reference laboratory in White Nile State for more effective diagnosis and response to disease outbreaks.
The project will strengthen coordination on federal level through the
strengthening of Emergency Operations Centres and emergency standard
operating procedures, as well strengthening capacity of the health
workforce at all levels.
The project will also address the main pillars of emergency
preparedness by strengthening the surveillance system and laboratory in
White Nile state, strengthening infection prevention and control and
isolation in health structures, and improving case management
capacities, health promotion and rapid response teams in White Nile
State.
According to the 2020 UN Health Needs Overview for Sudan, more than 8
million people need humanitarian health assistance, of which 5 million
people are targeted for humanitarian health interventions. Natural
disaster such as the ongoing floods, repeated outbreaks of vector,
waterborne and vaccine preventable diseases, in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, are overwhelming an already fragile health system. Health
service delivery and emergency response is further affected by the
ongoing socio-economic crisis.
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