It said: "With all the lessons learned from this outbreak, the country now has the rapid response capacity and the strategies that work to respond to any new outbreak.
Space for Giants the charity determined to protect Africa's elephants, aims to support the rapid response capacity, developed in Laikipia, into southern Tanzania, in collaboration with local partners and the government.
Focus will be on on maintaining surveillance, rapid response capacity and support for Ebola survivors.
To implement IHR 2005, countries must have adequate rapid response capacity.
UNICEF will maintain its rapid response capacity to ensure qualified teams can be deployed immediately in the case of a new Ebola event.
Increasingly complex humanitarian crisis situations require emergency preparedness, rapid response, capacity-building of all actors involved and sound partnerships with governments, UN agencies, NGOs and communities.
260,000 Strengthening of Regional Programming Support Capacities in Cluster Areas 530,000 Strengthening of Emergency Rapid Response Capacity of Country Offices for Sudden and New Emergencies 500,000 Total** 1,290,000 * Funds received against this appeal will be used to respond to both the immediate and medium-term needs of children and women as outlined above.
Strengthening of Emergency Rapid Response Capacity of Country Offices for Sudden and New Emergencies: Direct assistance will be provided to Country Offices to respond to sudden and/or new emergencies through the deployment of general and/or cluster-specific emergency staff for initial humanitarian assessment and response support, and on an as-needed basis for related activities.
The starting point for building emergency response capacity hinges on putting in place rapid reaction capacities, and one of the main JP 6.2 interventions in this area was the rehabilitation of five warehouses and stocking them with emergency relief items.
