AFENET Nigeria is working closely with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to drive catalytic actions towards implementing the Regional Disease Surveillance System Enhancement (REDISSE) Project, with funding support from the RESOLVE To Save Lives (RTSL) initiative. With RTSL support, AFENET established an Implementation Support Unit (ISU) in NCDC whose main objective is to increase implementation support for strengthening of surveillance systems, laboratory networks, emergency response operations, and public health workforce, to reach the “developed capacity” level on components of the International Health Regulation (IHR) M&E Framework (e.g., Joint External Evaluation and Annual Report Self-Assessment). Initiated in 2017, through this mechanism, AFENET is supporting NCDC in the following focus areas:
- REDISSE implementation: provide technical
support to REDISSE Project Coordination Unit (PCU) and National project
coordinator - Support planning and implementation of the
National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) - Provide Surge capacity to NCDC for outbreak
responses as directed by CEO - Strengthen Laboratory Network function for IDSR
priority diseases. - Support establishment and operationalization of
an NCDC Outbreak Investigation Revolving Fund (OIF)
Project Progress to Date
REDISSE project development
- REDISSE
project effectiveness- Feb 2018 - REDISSE
project launch- April 2018 - REDISSE
and NAPHS alignment - NAPHS
development and launch
Accelerate REDISSE project implementation
- REDISSE
NAPHS tracker - Coordination
meeting between REDISSE PCU and activity leads - TA for
project/activity development (concept notes, TOR, etc) - Structured
work schedule between PCU (and ISU) and activity leads - Project
review meetings by PCU
Surge capacity for outbreak response
- Participate
in Technical Working Groups for Yellow fever, CSM, Lassa fever, Measles
outbreak response
Laboratory Network
support
- Supported
development of lab network directory - Supported
development of lab network maps - Support
strengthening of TRANEX operations - Yellow
fever/measles/rubella network labs training, post training f/up &
supervision and procurement support - Support
to yellow fever and Measles EOC-lab pillar coordination - Cholera/CSM
lab network assessment - Supported
influenza network refresher training - Support
to integration of lab modules into SORMAS and operationalization in NRL and
other network labs - Support
to Lassa fever and CSM outbreak response - CSM
diagnostics training - Support
to AMR network training on AST, WHONET, GLASS - Support
to Zika pilot sentinel surveillance protocol development
Increased
domestic and international resources
- Increased
public awareness of epidemic prevention efforts - Supported
creation of a budget line for NCDC - Established
Outbreak Investigation Revolving Fund-operational as of Mar 2019 - Created
a GoN and partner advocacy roadmap for NAPHS