Integral Global (IG) provides support to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for emergency response, program analysis and evaluation, and administrative support to the mission of the agency. IG’s technical expertise includes surveillance, field epidemiology, and health systems strengthening to CDC country offices in Africa. IG personnel supported CDC in reaching those most affected by conflicts and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Operational and Field Epidemiology Support in Uganda
IG’s Technical and Operational Support Services Advisor provided surveillance, data management, analytics, and reporting expertise for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Global Health Protection (DGHP) Uganda office. This position served in a key management role for the DGHP surveillance, health informatics, and epidemiology portfolio, working closely with the host government and implementing partners to coordinate program implementation and evaluation activities. Additionally, the advisor provided technical support to CDC co-ag partners to review technical and financial planning initiatives, track project timelines, and resolve implementation challenges.
In addition, IG’s Field Epidemiology Training Coordinator served as a resident technical advisor to assist CDC Uganda in strengthening the country’s surveillance and epidemiology capabilities related to global health security and infectious disease response. The FETP Coordinator provided guidance in the implementation of frontline, intermediate, and advanced-level field epidemiology training programs focused on building surveillance, epidemiological, and outbreak preparedness, and response capacity as well as a laboratory leadership program.
Workforce Development and Technical Advisement in Sierra Leone
IG’s Workforce Development Advisor worked closely with CDC’s Sierra Leone office to lead coordination between the National Public Health Institute (NPHI), Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) in the transition of the Field Epidemiology and Training Program (FETP). These responsibilities included advisement on the development of the NPHI, integration of the FETP into long-term NPHI plans, and supporting strategic planning for the expansion of the FETP program. The Workforce Development Advisor was active in capacity building and technical advisement to CDC Sierra Leone partners, including WHO, AFENET, Metabiota, ICAP, and other organizations.
WASH Implementation and Outbreak Response in the Democratic Republic of Congo
IG’s Field Support Officer (FSO) provided technical assistance to CDC in implementing cholera prevention and control and WASH improvement activities in the DRC. The FSO coordinated and managed the implementation of these activities in North and South Kivu, and provided technical assistance for WASH, surveillance, laboratory, and immunization programs. Additionally, IG’s FSO worked closely with WASH and laboratory partners in the region to evaluate surveillance and outbreak control measures for all waterborne diseases prevalent in-country.
Community-Based Surveillance Support in Burkina Faso and South Sudan
IG provided technical assistance to Ministries of Health in Burkina Faso and South Sudan for COVID-19 prevention and control, routine health program service delivery, program evaluation, and surveillance strengthening. IG’s Surveillance Technical Advisor in Burkina Faso provided technical assistance to the CDC’s partner, the Red Cross, to implement community-based surveillance trainings in conflict-affected areas. IG’s Nutrition Technical Advisor in South Sudan worked closely with Action Against Hunger, CDC, and Johns Hopkins University to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on nutrition program delivery.
Biostatistics and Health Information Systems Support in Tanzania
IG’s Biostatistician and Health Information System Specialist coordinated with CDC-Tanzania and other USG partner agencies to design surveillance activities, capacity building trainings, develop health information systems, and implement activities in line with Tanzania’s PEPFAR Country Operational Plan. IG’s Biostatistician collaborated with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW), National AIDS Control Program (NACP), and Zanzibar AIDS Control Program (ZACP), and National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in the design and implementation of science and surveillance activities. This included capacity strengthening efforts for the application of rigorous statistical methods and standardization of reporting indicators. IG’s HIS specialist provided guidance to the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDGEC), National AIDS Control Program, Zanzibar Integrated HIV, TB and Leprosy Program and other Government of Tanzania agencies in the design and implementation of HIS activities, including capacity strengthening in the development of rigorous data and information systems.