The 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa has highlighted the importance of international preparedness and coordinated epidemic response efforts across borders and within countries to properly address public health emergencies of international concern.

In support of the CDC’s global health

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security responsibilities, this funding opportunity will contribute to two priority strategies in Senegal and West Africa:
(1) strengthening surveillance system for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) threat and (2) strengthening national laboratory systems and biosafety and security to respond to public health emergencies.

The key strategy-specific activities to be employed include (1) increase geographic coverage and expand maximum load of the specimen referral network; (2) Improvement of biosecurity of medical laboratories (3) Strengthening of laboratory equipment management, (4) improvement of access to and participation in national and international quality assurance programs and proficiency testing; (5) strengthening AMR surveillance system.