Second AF to The Gambia Essential Health Services Strengthening Project

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The Parent project and First AF components will remain unchanged except for the Subcomponent 1.3 description on building resilient and sustainable health systems. This second AF will entail scaling up the following activities under subcomponent 1.3: • the construction, equipment, and construction supervision of the proposed National Food and Drug Quality Control Laboratory (NFDQCL) and Biomedical Engineering Unit (BEU). Energy-efficient measures will be put in place to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions such as the procurement of energy-efficient equipment and materials for construction , solar panels for the NFDQCL and BEU, as well as climate-resilient materials to mitigate flood risks and climate-related emergencies. Energy-efficient measures will be put in place to reduce greenhouse gas) emissions such as the procurement of energy-efficient equipment and materials for constructions as well as climate-resilient materials to mitigate flood risks and climate-related emergencies.• support capacity building to prevent and detect health emergencies including establishing an electronic case-based surveillance system to facilitate immediate reporting of IDSR priority diseases and events. This will entail consulting services to develop DHIS2 Tracker application for the surveillance system and capacity building; development of standard operating procedures for case-based surveillance reporting; procuring user devices (including laptops, tablets, and printers), vehicles, and motorcycles; providing Internet service; providing cloud-based services; training information and communication technology (ICT) staff, health personnel and community volunteers.