Countries

We offer the following services to support your in-country projects.

Planning and engagement

▸  Situation analysis and needs assessment
▸  Action plan and road map
▸  Engagement and advocacy

Implementation

▸  Technical guidance
▸  Training
▸  Monitoring and evaluation

In-country experiences

Sigia Projects

Comoros

2022 Evaluation of early detection and response capacities in Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles. [ref]

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2021 Internal review of WHO response to the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Ebola outbreaks in the DRC. [ref]

Denmark

2023 Update and digitalization of the WHO EURO tools for assessing and strengthening early warning and response capacities at the national level. [ref]
2020 Development of a strategy and assessment tool to strengthen in-country Early Warning and Response in the World Health Organization European Region. [ref]

Egypt

2020 — 2021 Study to map existing health data collection and management activities performed at the Regional Office and identify challenges and opportunities for their integration. [ref]
2020 — 2021 Rapid scoping review on experiences, challenges and best practices to integrate data collection and data management processes for public health surveillance across programmes. [ref]

France

2022 Scoping review of existing monitoring and evaluation frameworks and indicators used to measure laboratory preparedness and response for outbreaks. [ref]
2022 — 2023 Development of a monitoring and evaluation framework and tools for the Global Laboratory Leadership Programme. [ref]
2021 Analysis of IHR core capacities at points of entry. [ref]
2020 — 2021 Support the development and evaluation of a training course on the use of the WHO Event Information Site. [ref]
2019 Rapid scoping review on public health preparedness and response at mass gatherings and their public health legacy. [ref]

Georgia

2020 Pilot test of an assessment tool of in-country Early Warning and Response capacities. [ref]

India

2021 Situation analysis of preparedness and response capacities at ground crossings and of existing cross-border collaboration practices in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal. [ref]

Kenya

2021 End evaluation of the 2016-2021 USAID-funded Regional Action through Data project in West Africa and the Horn of Africa. [ref]

Kyrgyzstan

2023 Scoping review on risk-based approaches to international travel-related health measures and development of a related strategy and procedure for Kyrgyzstan. [ref]
2023 Mapping of surveillance and response activities in the human and animal health sectors and provision of tailored recommendations to strengthen one health surveillance for zoonotic diseases. [ref]
2022 Assessment of IHR capacities at points of entry to identify areas of improvement and remaining gaps, and priority activities to be put in place at short and medium term. [ref]
2021 Support the public health emergency operations centre through standard operating procedures and an integrated epidemiological platform. [ref]
2020 Situation analysis of the health information systems in use in the country and development of recommendations, list of specifications and requirements for an integrated information system. [ref]
2020 Pilot test of an assessment tool of in-country Early Warning and Response capacities. [ref]
2020 Development of recommendations and roadmap to implement a public health emergency operations centre in the country. [ref]
2020 Development of an interactive visualization dashboard for the Ministry of Health to monitor key indicators on the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak. [ref]

Madagascar

2022 Evaluation of early detection and response capacities in Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles. [ref]

Mauritius

2022 Evaluation of early detection and response capacities in Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles. [ref]

Seychelles

2022 Evaluation of early detection and response capacities in Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles. [ref]

Sweden

2021 — 2022 Improvement of two R Shiny modelling applications to support decision-making process for vector surveillance and control. [ref]

Switzerland

2021 Development of two R-Shiny dashboards to track global progress of the COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan 2021. [ref]
2020 — 2021 Development of an interactive visualization dashboard to collate and display data collected by the WHO Strategic Tool for Assessing Risk. [ref]

Past Experiences

Azerbaijan

Alexandre Blake
2011 Support to the national multidisciplinary team in the use of a medico-economic model for the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

Benin

Florentina Rafael
2009 Design and coordination of a rural survey on perceived stigma reported by people with epilepsy. [ref]
José Guerra
2008 Participation in the conduct of a longitudinal study on newborn morbidity. [ref1] [ref2]
2008 Participation in a clinical trial for the prevention of malaria during pregnancy. [ref]

Brazil

Barbara Pagotto
2018 Coordination of the editing and revision of the book : "Health and Foreign Policy: 20 years of the International Health Affairs Office of the Ministry of Health of Brazil". [ref]
2017 Organization and facilitation of several workshops and simulation exercises on public health preparedness and response.
2017 Coordination and monitoring of health-related initiatives and organization and facilitation of technical meetings between Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay).

Burkina Faso

José Guerra
2015 Evaluation of Ebola Virus Disease preparedness capacities.

Cambodia

José Guerra
2011 Design and supervision of the first prospective surveillance study to estimate the incidence of surgical site infections in Cambodia. [ref1] [ref2]

Chad

José Guerra
2010 Participation in the design and supervision of a study on measles vaccination coverage in N’Djamena during a measles outbreak. [ref]

Congo

Myrtille Prouté
2017 Participation in the evaluation of the Brazzaville University Hospital.
2017 Participation in the development of the Brazzaville University Hospital strategic project.

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Alexandre Blake
2018 Support data collection for the vaccine effectiveness study during the Ebola outbreak in the Equator Province.
2017 Assessment of a predictive score of the occurrence of a measles outbreak and monitoring of the 2016-2017 measles outbreak.
2015 Study of the oral cholera vaccine effectiveness in Kalemie. [ref]
2015 Measles seroprevalence study in four health zones in Katanga. [ref]
Florentina Rafael
2015 Investigation of an epidemic of unknown etiology in the Ituri region. [ref]
José Guerra
2018 Development of R scripts and procedures for automatized data cleaning and production of graphics and maps at each of the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak area.

France

Alexandre Blake
2014 Participation in a systematic review with meta‐analysis of HCV seroprevalence data in adults in African countries. [ref]
2013 Participation in a cross-sectional survey to describe the patterns of antibiotic resistance of Enterobacteriaceae involved in community-acquired urinary tract infections and the factors associated with multi-drug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. [ref1] [ref2]
José Guerra
2019 Development of Argus, an IT tool for public health surveillance, and its implementation toolbox. [ref]
2018 Systematic scoping review on community-based surveillance. [ref]
2018 Organization and facilitation of a meeting of experts for community-based surveillance. [ref]
2018 Development of the strategy and implementation toolbox to strengthen coordination of public health surveillance between points of entry and the national public health surveillance system. [ref]
2018 'Development of the guide 'Coordination of public health surveillance between points of entry and the national public health surveillance system: advising principles'. [ref]
2017 Organization and facilitation of a meeting of experts for public health surveillance coordination between points of entry and national public health surveillance systems.
2013 Literature review on the impact of health policies in alcohol consumption. [ref]
2013 — 2019 In accordance with the International Health Regulations (2005), support the strengthening of countries’ core capacities for public health surveillance and response. [ref]
2012 — 2013 Improvement of data coding in 8 hospitals to increase their revenues through 11 missions.
2012 Development of a step-by-step guidelines for National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups to issue evidence informed recommendations.
2012 Design and supervision of a national survey on the career of medical public health specialists. [ref]
2011 Performance and publication of a study to describe the validity of the French health information system regarding the amount of resources needed to treat long-term intratracheal ventilated patients. [ref]
2011 Analysis of the data from the French health information system to describe the specificity of long-term intratracheal ventilated patients in rehabilitation units. [ref]
2010 Participation in the development of the national competency framework for French medical specialists in public health.
2010 Analysis of the Egyptian Demographic and Health Survey using conventional and multilevel models to describe the epidemiology of the hepatitis C virus disease in Egypt and identify risk factors. [ref]
2009 Development of a contingency plan for the 117 maternal and child units of the county council to face a pandemic influenza.
2009 Clinical activities in neurology ward and emergency room.
2009 Analysis of the evolution of infant mortality rates in the county council.
2008 Participation in two studies on mental health services for migrants and socially marginalized people in Europe.
2008 — 2012 Organization of ten national workshops for French public health medical residents.
2008 — 2012 Management of a national association (around 200 members).
2008 Coordination of two trainings for foreign practitioners on community psychiatry.
Myrtille Prouté
2015 Qualitative study on the right to health of asylum seekers in four European countries. [ref]

French Polynesia

Alexandre Blake
2014 Participation in a case-control study on the association between the Zika infection and the occurrence of Guillain-Barre Syndrome. [ref]

Gambia

José Guerra
2016 Participation in the evaluation of the public health surveillance system.

Georgia

Ibukun-Oluwa Abejirinde
2018 — 2020 Participation in the evaluation of the project RESULTS4TB. [ref]

Ghana

Ibukun-Oluwa Abejirinde
2017 Evaluation of the Bliss4Midwives project: integrated diagnostic and clinical decision support system for midwives in rural Ghana. [ref1] [ref2]

Guinea

Alexandre Blake
2015 Support to the Guinean Ministry of Health to adapt their cholera surveillance network to the Ebola virus disease outbreak.
2015 Spatiotemporal analysis of the 2012 cholera outbreak in Conakry. [ref]

Haiti

Alexandre Blake
2018 Support to the strengthening of cholera surveillance in three communes.
2017 Design and performance of a vaccination coverage study after a mass vaccination campaign against cholera.
2010 Participation in a case-control study on risk factors and dominant transmission routes of cholera in Gonaives. [ref]

Ivory Coast

Myrtille Prouté
2014 Respondent-driven sampling study on the health of drug users in Abidjan. [ref]

Kazakhstan

José Guerra
2015 Evaluation of public health surveillance coordination between points of entry and the national public health surveillance system.
2014 Organization and facilitation of a workshop on early warning and response in Central Asia.

Malawi

Florentina Rafael
2016 Participation in the pilot of an innovative oral cholera vaccine delivery during a cholera outbreak. [ref1] [ref2]

Morocco

José Guerra
2015 Evaluation of Ebola Virus Disease preparedness capacities.

Mozambique

Florentina Rafael
2016 Assisted the Ministry of Health during a cholera outbreak in Nampula. [ref]

Niger

José Guerra
2009 Evaluation of the cholera surveillance system and analysis of the cholera epidemiology of the Maradi region to identify candidate areas for vaccination. [ref]

Rwanda

Ibukun-Oluwa Abejirinde
2015 Health system analysis of a community-based malaria elimination project. [ref]

Tajikistan

José Guerra
2015 Workshop on coordinated public health surveillance between points of entry and national public health surveillance systems in Central Asia.

Tanzania

Florentina Rafael
2019 Support the Ministry of Health to identify cholera at-risk areas for the Zanzibar Cholera Control Plan.

Thailand

Myrtille Prouté
2016 Respondent-driven sampling study on Hepatitis C prevention, screening and treatment among drug users in Chiang Mai.

Togo

Alexandre Blake
2014 Participation to a retroprospective study to evaluate laboratory and radiological methods for detecting pneumococcal aetiology and to estimate Streptococcus pneumoniae prevalence in community patients. [ref]
José Guerra
2018 Participation in the Joint External Evaluation of IHR core capacities. [ref]
2016 — 2019 Implementation and evaluation of the pilot test of Argus IT tool for public health surveillance in two regions of the country. [ref]
2015 Participation in the evaluation of the public health surveillance system.

Tunisia

Myrtille Prouté
2017 Participation in the development of the Gasfa Regional Hospital strategic project.

Turkmenistan

José Guerra
2015 Evaluation of public health surveillance coordination between points of entry and the national public health surveillance system.

Uganda

Alexandre Blake
2015 Monitoring and data quality check visits to support Ugandan national surveillance of Kasese and Mbale districts from 2011 to 2013.
Florentina Rafael
2018 Supported the Ministry of Health to the response to a cholera outbreak in Hoima district.

Zambia

Alexandre Blake
2016 Cohort study on oral cholera vaccine effectiveness during a cholera outbreak in Lusaka. [ref1] [ref2] [ref3]