STP COVID-19 Emergency Response Project

The development objective of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Emergency Response Project for Sao Tome and Principe (STP) is to prevent, detect, and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness in STP. The project comprises of four components. The first component, emergency COVID-19 response will provide immediate support to STP to prevent COVID-19 from arriving or limiting local transmission through containment strategies in line with STP COVID preparedness and response plan. It consists of following sub-components: (i) case detection, confirmation, contact tracing, recording, reporting for COVID-19; (ii) risk communication, community engagement, and social distancing; and (iii) health systems capacity to respond to COVID-19. The second component, strengthening multi-sector, national institutions, and platforms for policy development and coordination of prevention and preparedness including one health approach consists of following sub-components: (i) coordination of public health emergency response; and (ii) strengthen one health approach. The third component, implementation management and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) will support M and E of prevention and preparedness, building capacity for clinical and public health research, including veterinary, and joint-learning across and within countries. The fourth component, contingency emergency response component can contribute to providing immediate and effective response to said crisis or emergency.