Cooperative Agreement NU51IP000933

THIS PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN CAPACITY OF THE DRC TO CONDUCT ROUTINE SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE TO AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA AND NO-INFLUENZA RESPIRATORY VIRUS AND BACTERIES. - THIS PROPOSAL IS SUBMITTED BY THE KINSHASA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH (KSPH) ON BEHALF OF THEDEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO MINISTRY OF HEALTH, DRC/MOH AS A NEW APPLICATIONIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY (NOFO) NAMED: SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE TO AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA BY NATIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO BUILD CAPACITY OF DRC MINISTRY OF HEALTH FOR ROUTINE INFLUENZA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY DISEASE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS TO MONITOR, DETECT, RESPOND AND MITIGATE TRANSMISSION OF INFLUENZA AND NON-INFLUENZA RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO ENABLE THE DRC/MOH TO MAINTAIN THE INFLUENZA NATIONAL LABORATORY, TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE WHO GLOBAL INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE SYSTEM (GISRS) AND OTHER EXISTING SURVEILLANCE PLATFORMS TO BE EXPANDED AND UTILIZED FOR RESPONSE TO OUTBREAKS OF PATHOGENS THAT ARE OF PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE, AND UTILIZING DATA COLLECTED BY THE DRC/MOH FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY DECISIONS. AS APPROACH, APPROACH, THIS PROPOSAL IS DEVISED INTO THE FOLLOWING 3 COMPONENTS: 1) COMPONENT1: INFLUENZA CORE ACTIVITIES, 2) COMPONENT 2: NON-INFLUENZA VIRAL AND BACTERIAL RESPIRATORY AND VACCINE-PREVENTABLE PATHOGENS; 3) COMPONENT 3: RAPID RESPONSE TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS OR OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES. FOR EACH COMPONENT SHORT-TERMS AND LONG-TERMS OUTCOMES HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS WELL AS STRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES. . THOSE COMPONENTS MAINLY FOCUS ON STRATEGIES SUCH AS BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, IMPROVING OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SYSTEM SURVEILLANCE INCLUDING ZOONOTIC DISEASES ; ENHANCING THE CAPACITY OF LABORATORY FOR TESTING INFLUENZA AND NON-INFLUENZA RESPIRATORY VIRUS ; IMPROVING DATA REPORTING AN D THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALL STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN THE SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF INFLUENZA, THE PREPAREDNESS TO FACE POTENTIAL INFLUENZA AND NON-INFLUENZA OUTBREAKS. FIVE-YEAR WORK PLAN HAS ALSO DESIGNED.