Tackling Deadly Diseases Africa Programme – 2 (TDDAP 2)

The Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa Programme Phase II (TDDAP2) National and Community Technical Assistance Component supports the strengthening of national public health and emergency capability to prevent, detect and respond to infectious disease threats. The contract provides technical assistance to national governments, public health institutions, civil society organisations and community organisations. Services include support for national health security planning, coordination and financing; public health workforce development; disease surveillance and laboratory systems; Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response; One Health approaches; risk communication and community engagement; emergency preparedness; and implementation of National Action Plans for Health Security. At contract award, delivery focused on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda. The contract contributes to stronger public health and emergency capability and to reducing the harmful effects of infectious disease threats in African populations and globally. The four principal contract outputs concern national health security planning, ownership and sustainability; health security workforce development; surveillance, data integration and laboratory capability; and the role of communities and civil society in health security governance and surveillance. The contract also provides a framework for adaptive delivery, reprioritisation and scaling of activities within the agreed programme scope, including targeted antimicrobial resistance activities delivered through existing programme outputs and health security objectives.