Volume 23, Supplement—December 2017
SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
Global Health Security Supplement
Overview
Contributions of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Implementing the Global Health Security Agenda in 17 Partner Countries
Table 4
Key CDC-supported accomplishments toward achieving GHSA targets related to emergency management in 17 Phase I countries, 2015–2017*
GHSA target and CDC-supported accomplishments |
Related JEE indicators (12) |
No. countries |
---|---|---|
Public health EOC functioning according to minimum common standards | ||
Strategic planning and assessment | ||
Identified national policies, legal authorities, and gaps for the conduct of public health emergency response | P.1.1, P.1.2, R.1.1, R.1.2, R.2.1, R.2.2, R.2.4 | 17 |
Assessed baseline of national public health emergency management capacities | R.1.2, R.2.1 | 14 |
Documented national priority public health threats or completed risk assessment | D.2.3, R.1.2 | 9 |
EOC facility | ||
Obtained buy-in from country leadership for permanent EOC facility and associated program | R.2.1, R.2.2 | 15 |
Identified facility location or funding mechanisms for EOC | R.2.2 | 16 |
Developed EOC policies, plans, protocols, or standard operating procedures | R.2.2, R.2.4 | 15 |
Multisectoral coordination | ||
Operationalized multisectoral One Health mechanisms to limit animal-to-human spillover of zoonotic diseases | P.4.3, P.2.1 | 9 |
Initiated activities to strengthen response coordination (e.g., through MOUs) across public health, animal health, law enforcement, and other sectors | R.3.1, R.1.1, P.2.1, P.4.3, PoE.2 | 12 |
Identified points of contact and informal process for communication and information-sharing across public health, animal health, law enforcement, and other sectors | R.3.1, P.4.3, P.2.1, PoE.2 | 13 |
Improved logistics planning to deploy staff, medicines, and supplies during a public health emergency |
R.4.1, R.4.2, R.1.1, PoE.1 |
10 |
Trained EOC staff capable of activating a coordinated emergency response within 120 minutes of the identification of a public health emergency | ||
Strategic planning and assessment | ||
Identified needs for core public health emergency management staff | R.2.1, D.4.1, R.1.1 | 15 |
Assessed baseline capacity of partnering agencies for response to a biologic threat | P.2.1, R.3.1 | 12 |
Training | ||
Activated EOC for an exercise or real emergency response | R.2.3, R.3.1 | 11 |
Trained EOC staff in public health emergency management (basic level) | R.2.1, D.4.1 | 14 |
Committed to train EOC staff through CDC’s Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship | R.2.1, D.4.1 | 16 |
Recruited key staff for public health emergency management | R.2.1, D.4.1 | 13 |
*Countries: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Pakistan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, and Vietnam. CDC, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; EOC, Emergency Operations Center; GHSA, Global Health Security Agenda; JEE, Joint External Evaluation tool; MOU, memo of understanding.
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1Members of this group are listed at the end of this article.
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