Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC) Strategic Support
VillageReach and Dalberg, with funding from Gates Foundation, support the Ministry of Health in Mozambique to strengthen its capacity to manage public health emergencies in a sustainable manner and to develop a strategy for Public Health Emergency Operations Center operationalization.
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With the incidence of COVID-19 in Mozambique, the public health system has been under growing pressure to rollout prevention measures while expanding the national capacity to plan, execute and coordinate a robust response. As with other current and future health emergencies, stopping the further spread of COVID-19 and related loss of life requires a strong and coordinated response led by the MISAU but involving other partners. The Government of Mozambique through the Public Health Law, approved on December 2021 by the Parliament, acknowledged the need to operationalize and strengthening the public health preparedness and response through the operationalization of the Public Health Emergency Operating Center (PHEOC).
Public Health Emergency Management Program, hosted in May 2024 by the Tete PHEOC.
How It Works
- MISAU requested assistance to strengthen their public health emergency system, create a community response system, and decentralize the PHEOC to regional or provincial centers in medium time and to the provincial and district level in long time. VillageReach, a health partner to MISAU for the past twenty years, would act as the implementing partner to bring surge capacity to help MISAU operationalize the structures and practices of the PHEOC.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Convened key stakeholders for effective coordination, ensuring efficient planning and resource utilization during public health emergencies emergency planning and resource sharing.
- Technical Assistance: Provided technical support for the development and implementation of PHEOC components according to the operationalization roadmap.
- Resource Mobilization: Facilitated funding initiatives to ensure sustainability of the PHEOC.
- Strategic Advisory: Offered strategic guidance to align the PHEOC with national and international public health guidelines and standards.
- Partnerships for Greater Impact: Collaborated with organizations like WHO, CDC, UNICEF, World Bank and the Global Fund to amplify the impact of the PHEOC’s operations.
Resources
The Journey to Improved PHE Response in Mozambique
Summary of Public Health Emergency Lessons Learned in Mozambique: Part 2
Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC) Overview
Summary of Public Health Emergency Lessons Learned in Mozambique
Public Health Emergency Lessons Learned in Mozambique
Responding to Public Health Emergencies in Mozambique
Program Impact
The PHEOC project is divided in two workstreams as follows:
Workstream A – Strategic Planning Support
- Provide hands-on and residential strategic planning support
- Provide training and capacity building for the MISAU senior staff involved in the planning team
- Scoping of the overall response impact, including actors, stakeholders and activities both at the national and sub-national levels
- Compiling surveillance and health communication data to support planning and decision-making
- Develop managerial tools and rollout a co-created learning agenda for ministerial
- Deliver training, evaluate impact, disseminate lessons and update the overall strategy
- Assist with overall coordination, identify bottlenecks, suggest adjustments and provide regular updates/reports on progress with MISAU and Dalberg
Workstream B – PHEOC Operationalization Plan
- Support the MISAU in the implementation of the PHEOC operationalization plan and the resource mobilization efforts
- Implementation of the PHEOC operationalization strategy
- Develop relevant materials and deliver training
- Identify and report on bottlenecks
Partners
Government
- Mozambique Ministry of Health (MISAU)
- Public Health National Directorate (DNSP)
Technical Partners
- Dalberg
- N’weti
- WHO
- ThinkWELL
Donors
- Gates Foundation
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