Sudan Experience in Training the Trainers on Bio-risk Management - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• Dr. Abdalla Abdelkarim Osman

General Manager – National Public Health Laboratory Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum Sudan

Sudan Experience in Training the Trainers

• n Bio-risk Management

The Republic of the Sudan

• Population of 36

million (2014)

• Third largest

country of Africa

• Capital:

Khartoum

• 18 States

Facts about Sudan

• Occupies a great area in the African continent
• Shares borders with seven countries and has a

wide diversity in environment and climate

• Sudan is an area at great risk for communicable

disease outbreaks, in both human and animal population

• State economy basically depends on livestock

and animal resources which are considered as natural reservoir for many pathogens

Health system in Sudan

• Health services by Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH),

State Ministries of Health (SMoH), armed forces, police, universities, NGOs & private sector. The health system is divided into 3 levels:

 National level: national policy development, strategic planning, human resources, emergency preparedness and response, building international relations & partnerships.  State level: provide health services, local hospital & assist localities  Locality level: primary health care services

German Partnership Program for Excellence in Biological and Health Security

Key areas of cooperation:

German Partnership Program for Excellence in Biological and Health Security

• Sudan is a key partner in German Partnership

program for Excellence in Biological and Health security.

• Program was launched by the German Federal

Foreign Office in 2013

• Phase 1: 2013 – 2016
• Phase 2: 2017 – 2019
• Part of German engagement in the “Global

Partnership against the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction”

• Implementation jointly with Robert Koch Institute and

GIZ

Program Kick-off

September 2014

German-Sudanese Partnership Program: Goals

• Enhance Sudanese public health capacities
• Improve mitigation of biological risks
• Foster international scientific exchange and

qualify scientific personnel

• Contribute to fight against dangerous

diseases

• Support safe and secure conditions for

working with dangerous pathogens and toxins

Setting up B&B Education and Training - Goals

B&B Education and Training at different levels at different institutions Solution for long term sustainability: Build up capacity of B&B trainers to train students, laboratory personnel etc. Strengthen the network of B&B

Phase 1: WS Series „Strengthening Biosafety & Biosecurity“

• Training-of-Training (ToT) approach
• 6 consecutive Workshops (5-10 days):

June 2015 - March 2016

• 14 participants from 8 institutions (Laboratory institutions

& universities) from Khartoum and Gezira State, Sudan

• Incorporates elements of WHO Biorisk Management

Course (BRM-ATP)

• Implementation of contents in between workshops;

reporting on experience (“homework“)

Training Modules of WS Series

6 workshops, 10 training modules: WS 1: Module “Introduction and general principles”

Module “Training-of-Trainers” Module “Biological laboratory hazards and risks” Part 1

WS 2: Module “Biological laboratory hazards and risks” Part 2

Module “Legislation and ethics”

WS 3: Module “Applied laboratory Biosafety” Part 1 WS 4: Module “Applied laboratory Biosafety” Part 2 WS 5: Module “Applied laboratory Biosecurity”

Module “Communication”

WS 6: Module “Biorisk management”

Implementation and planning of B&B-ToT

B&B Workshops Phase 1: Impressions

B&B Training-of-Trainers Workshop series Phase 2

Responsibilities

• Sudanese “Core group” from phase 1 as facilitator
• German colleagues have coordinative role

Target group

• Appointed biorisk officer of the state public health

laboratory (one participant from 18 states) Aims

• Strengthening national biosafety & biosecurity capacities
• n state level
• Strengthening training capabilities of phase 1 trainers
• Strengthen B&B network

B&B Training Strategy of German- Sudanese Partnership Program

Continuous increase of Sudanese capacities

Future Plans and Challenges in the Area of Bio-risk Management

Future Plans:

• Continuous training and implementation of B&B

knowledge on state and federal level

• Implementation of B&B by building up bio-risk

management system on national and state level Challenges:

• Insufficient budget and finance for training
• Staff turnover
• Sustainability

• Dr. Abdallah Abdelkarim Osman

abdallahi3@yahoo.com

Thank you

General Manager – National Public Health Laboratory Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum Sudan