Sector

Global Health Security


As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, Chemonics works with countries to develop strong and resilient public health systems that can prevent, detect, and respond to pandemic threats. Using our data-centric, problem-driven approaches, we design and deliver advisory and implementation services that are rooted in evidence, local context, and best practices – from supply chains to continuity of care – so health systems can protect communities when it matters most.

Preventing Future Outbreaks
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Preventing Future Outbreaks

We prepare governments to contain local disease outbreaks before they happen – reducing the likelihood of uncontrolled spread of dangerous pathogens.

Chemonics provides a suite of advisory services to countries to equip governments, localities, and the private sector to prevent outbreaks of epidemic-prone diseases and prepare for outbreak response when it does occur. Our tools and approaches accelerate the development and costing of national action plans, facilitate the establishment and operationalization of Emergency Operations Centers, train the health workforce, and test national readiness through simulations and tabletop exercises. These services ensure that health systems can respond quickly and limit the spread of outbreaks with confidence.

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Infectious Disease Surveillance and Detection Early Warning Systems

We build the capacity of governments to develop and deploy real-time surveillance systems and early warning platforms, enabling the detection and rapid response to emerging threats.

Chemonics provides end-to-end support to design and implement interoperable data systems that enable rapid, evidence-based responses to outbreaks. We offer just-in-time expertise to build and integrate digital platforms that track traveler movement and potential transmission risks, develop mobile applications that provide real-time dashboards for managers and decision-makers, and interconnect surveillance tools with national emergency operations centers, ensuring that the health system can effectively contain the infectious disease threat.

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Outbreak Response

We support affected governments and communities to rapidly organize, communicate, coordinate, and respond during public health emergencies.

Chemonics harnesses operational experience in over 90 countries, including some of the most difficult environments in the world, to support emergency outbreak response when it occurs. We lend our speed and agility to national responses, supporting governments to rapidly mobilize, stand up, and deploy emergency operations at the national and local level. Providing surge capacity to strengthen the response, we bring our expertise and implementation services to support health workforce redeployment, optimize resource allocation, and stand up new digital solutions to address rapidly escalating data volume and real time data interpretation needs. Our emergency supply chain playbook and advisory services support logistics operations, warehouse management, and commodity verification during crises.

Impact in Numbers

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Professionals in 18 countries trained in biosafety, preparedness, and surveillance
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National emergency simulations and preparedness exercises conducted to test and strengthen multisectoral response
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Increase in one-dose COVID-19 vaccination rates in Kaffrine district in September 2021
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Case Studies

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Case Study

Building Public Health Emergency Preparedness: From Tools to Action

Chemonics worked with national governments in several countries to improve the infrastructure, tools, and trained personnel needed to manage global health threats, such as disease outbreaks and health emergencies, in order to improve response times, reduce the risk of widespread transmission, and prevent long-term health consequences.

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