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Africa’s Emergency Response Workforce: Rapid Response Team Directory

Emergency Response Workforce Rapid Response Directory
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Africa’s Emergency Response Workforce: Rapid Response Team Directory

As part of their Emergency Preparedness and Response strategic pillar, Africa CDC is committed to providing capacity building to Member States, including training the emergency workforce and supporting the development of surge capacity at national, regional and continental level.

As part of this commitment, Africa CDC in collaboration with Public Health England’s IHR Strengthening Project, has embarked on an initiative to develop a secure online directory of rapid response personnel and teams. This will be a secured database with different levels of administrative privileges. Member States, Africa CDC and relevant stakeholders will be the end users.

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In Africa, the number of COVID-19 cases and affected countries has been increasing steadily. As of 24 April 2020, over 27,000 cases and 1,300 deaths have been reported in 52 countries. Community transmission is now widespread. The epidemic has the potential to result in substantial death and suffering in Africa due to four major factors:

  1. Increased risk of transmission,
  2. Increased risk of infection leading to severe illness,
  3. Increased risk of death from severe illness,
  4. Increased suffering among those who survive the pandemic.

This guidance document addresses how physical distancing (referred to in previous guidance documents as ‘social distancing’) can help slow down transmission.

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