Strengthen Public Health Surveillance, Early Warning, and Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases in the Gaza Strip - 2026

About this project

ltpgtThe project will strengthen laboratory diagnostic and disease surveillance capacities in Gaza to improve the detection, confirmation, and response to priority communicable diseases and antimicrobial-resistant infections. ltbrgtltbrgtThe project will reactivate microbiology laboratory services through the procurement and distribution of essential laboratory consumables and supplies for bacteriology and microbiology testing. This will enable accurate diagnosis and strengthen antimicrobial resistance (AMR) detection and monitoring, enabling the management of an estimated 4,000 patients, including those requiring trauma-related and limb reconstructive care. ltbrgtltbrgtTo support timely outbreak detection and verification, the project will also restore core functionality of the health laboratory network by providing essential consumables and rapid diagnostic test kits for priority diseases, strengthening laboratory confirmation capacity across outbreak-prone conditions. ltbrgtltbrgtIn parallel, the project will scale up and strengthen the Early Warning, Alert and Response System (EWARS) to improve surveillance sensitivity and timeliness. Key outputs include the onboarding of 20 surveillance focal points from health facilities refresher training for 150 EWARS health-facility focal points and geo-administrators on reportable diseases, data quality, and alert verification sensitization of 1,000 clinicians to improve early case detection and reporting and quarterly governorate-…

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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs · National NGO

Countries

Palestinian Territories

Sectors

Multisector aid

Funded by

oPt Humanitarian Fund

Implemented by

World Health Organization

Accountable

World Health Organization

Published by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 25 Jun 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-OCHA-CBPF-CBPF-OPT-25-R-UN-38870.

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