Table 5 Overview of all field simulation exercises and outbreak responses between 2018–2021
Activity | Country | Start Date | Number laboratories | Deployment | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EAC/WHO Simulation Exercises | Tanzania/Kenya border (Namanga One Stop Border Post) | June 2019 | 1 | Kajiado Health Centre/Kenya | 1 week |
1 | Namanga Primary School/Tanzania | 1 week | |||
South Sudan/Uganda border | Scheduled 2021 | 1 | South Sudan | 1 week | |
1 | Uganda border | 1 week | |||
Dengue Fever Support | Tanzania | August 2019 | 1 | EAC HQ, Arusha | 1 week |
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Emergency Response | Uganda | Oct/Nov 2019 | 1 | Kisoro, Uganda/DRC/Rwanda border | 6 weeks |
COVID-19 Emergency Response | Tanzania | June 2020 | 2 | Mabibo | ongoing |
Kenya | June 2020 | 1 | Naivasha, Kenya/Uganda border | ongoing | |
June 2020 | 1 | Namanga, Kenya/Tanzania border | ongoing | ||
South Sudan | June 2020 | 1 | Nimule, South Sudan/Uganda border | ongoing | |
Uganda | May 2020 | 1 | CPHL, support of central NPHL | 6 weeks | |
June 2020 | 1 | Tororo, Uganda/Kenya border | ongoing | ||
1 | Adjumani, Uganda/South Sudan border | ongoing | |||
Burundi | August 2020 | 1 | Kobero, Burundi/Tanzania border | 10 weeks | |
Rwanda | June 2020 | 1 | Kirehe, Rwanda/Tanzania border | 32 weeks | |
January 2021 | 1 | Kigali Int‘l Airport | ongoing |