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Capacity Building for Disease
Surveillance & Response
Pandemic Preparedness Initiative
GTZ-PPI and
Kenya Ministry of Public Health & Sanitation
October 2010
Project Overview
Budget: EUR 602,000 (KES 60.2m)
Timeframe: 18 months from Sep-10
Coverage: MOPHS DDPC and DDSR, 18 district
teams, Mombasa Port of Entry teams.
Implementing partners:
 MOPHS Dept Disease Prevention & Control
 MOPHS Div Disease Surveillance & Response
KENYA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH & SANITATION
Rationale
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An expanded network of disease
surveillance and early warning systems
combined with trained rapid response
teams will strengthen the capacity of the
Ministry to effectively detect and control
the spread of pandemic and epidemic
infectious disease outbreaks in Kenya.
KENYA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH & SANITATION
Overall Goal
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To reduce morbidity and mortality due
to pandemic and epidemic infectious
diseases in Kenya.
KENYA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH & SANITATION
Objective
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To strengthen the capacity of MOPHS at
all levels of the health system (province,
district, health facility) to monitor, detect,
rapidly respond to, and control disease
pandemics and epidemics in a timely
manner in Kenya.
KENYA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH & SANITATION
Target Groups
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MOPHS Dept of Disease Prevention and
Control, Division of Disease Surveillance
and Response.
Provincial and district health teams in 18
influenza high and medium risk districts,
and port of entry team.
KENYA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH & SANITATION
Components (1)
1 Short courses in Germany on Infectious
Disease Epidemiology and Spacial
Epidemiology in Megacities: four MOPHS
officers (Sep-10)
2 Training MOPHS provincial, district and
health facility teams, on Integrated Disease
Surveillance and Response (IDSR).
KENYA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH & SANITATION
Components (2)
3 Training District and Ports of Entry Rapid
Response Teams (RRTs).
4 Support to DDPC and DDSR for monitoring,
coordination, and support supervision.
5 Formative research.
6 Technical assistance to review and update the
National Pandemic and Epidemic Preparedness
Plan.
KENYA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH & SANITATION
Expected Outcomes
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Increased MOPHS and district capacity to
detect and control infectious disease
outbreaks.
Decreased morbidity and mortality due to
pandemic and epidemic infectious
diseases.
KENYA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH & SANITATION
Challenges
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Shortage of appropriately qualified staff
in some health facilities and new
districts.
Creation of many new districts and
limited funding
Lack of clear policies and infrastructure
for infectious disease control
KENYA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH & SANITATION