African Risk Capacity
The ARC-BMGF Project
25 avril 2024
Support [1] Economic Community of West African States countries [2] to provide rapid and appropriate gender sensitive responses to outbreaks and epidemics in the region.
Objectives of the project
- To improve health and disaster risk management capacities in priority ECOWAS member states to effectively manage outbreaks of epidemic and pandemic potential ;
- To support governments adopt inclusive and proactive approaches to effectively manage acute risks to global health ;
- To support governments to form gender balanced Technical Working Groups equipped with health emergency and disaster risk management skills ;
- To contribute to improved health emergency and disaster risk management capacities at community level ;
- To support Gender transformative financing mechanisms such as GTF and ARC’s parametric insurance for high-impact disease outbreaks.
Outcomes
- Empowering ECOWAS Member States.
- Health outcomes for populations.
- Economic impact of the project.
- Building gender awareness and facilitating transformation.
- Evaluation and Learning.
ARC-BMGF Project Overview and Workplan
[1] [African Risk Capacity, Africa CDC, ECOWAS, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
[2] Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea Bissau Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone
