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QATAR Fund for Development (QFFD) and Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) have signed a cooperation agreement to implement projects aiming at strengthening the health emergency preparedness system in Sudan at a total cost of $556,567. The project will benefit 2,452,800 people in the states of White Nile and Kassala.
The agreement was signed by Deputy General Manager for Development Projects at QFFD Misfer bin Nasser Al Shahwani and Assistant CEO for International Operations and Partnerships at QRCS Faisal bin Rashid Al Fehaida.
According to the agreement, a series of workshops and training courses will be organised for capacity building of staff and volunteers, while enhancing the public health laboratory in White Nile and Kassala, in addition to five laboratories at the health facilities (HFL) in the two states to enhance diagnostic and epidemiological interventions.
The agreement also includes rehabilitating and equipping 8 health isolation centres, including five in White Nile and three in Kassala, in addition to testing the emergency preparedness plan in 16 districts of the two states by strengthening technical platforms, printing materials for information and training five rapid response teams.
Furthermore, 50 health workers and 200 volunteers will be trained in skills to deal with outbreaks and rapid intervention in epidemic cases, based on the training protocols approved by the Ministry of Health and the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO).
In coordination with the Ministry of Health, QRCS will select 166 epidemiological surveillance sites in areas of need and furnish and equip 16 of them. It will also train staff at each surveillance site in accordance with the protocols and guidelines of the Ministry of Health and the WHO.
Sudan has been subject to unprecedented flash floods, and most states and regions are living in catastrophic conditions. The floods destroyed more than 100,000 homes, killed more than 100 people and displaced hundreds of thousands.
doha
QATAR Fund for Development (QFFD) and Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) have signed a cooperation agreement to implement projects aiming at strengthening the health emergency preparedness system in Sudan at a total cost of $556,567. The project will benefit 2,452,800 people in the states of White Nile and Kassala.
The agreement was signed by Deputy General Manager for Development Projects at QFFD Misfer bin Nasser Al Shahwani and Assistant CEO for International Operations and Partnerships at QRCS Faisal bin Rashid Al Fehaida.
According to the agreement, a series of workshops and training courses will be organised for capacity building of staff and volunteers, while enhancing the public health laboratory in White Nile and Kassala, in addition to five laboratories at the health facilities (HFL) in the two states to enhance diagnostic and epidemiological interventions.
The agreement also includes rehabilitating and equipping 8 health isolation centres, including five in White Nile and three in Kassala, in addition to testing the emergency preparedness plan in 16 districts of the two states by strengthening technical platforms, printing materials for information and training five rapid response teams.
Furthermore, 50 health workers and 200 volunteers will be trained in skills to deal with outbreaks and rapid intervention in epidemic cases, based on the training protocols approved by the Ministry of Health and the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO).
In coordination with the Ministry of Health, QRCS will select 166 epidemiological surveillance sites in areas of need and furnish and equip 16 of them. It will also train staff at each surveillance site in accordance with the protocols and guidelines of the Ministry of Health and the WHO.
Sudan has been subject to unprecedented flash floods, and most states and regions are living in catastrophic conditions. The floods destroyed more than 100,000 homes, killed more than 100 people and displaced hundreds of thousands.
