Claire J. Standley, PhD, is Assistant Research Professor; Aurelia Attal-Juncqua, MSc, is Senior Research Associate; Rebecca Katz, PhD, is Professor and Director; and Erin M. Sorrell, PhD, is Assistant Research Professor; all at the Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Pia D. M. MacDonald, PhD, is Senior Director; Jennifer J. Hemingway-Foday, MPH, is a Research Epidemiologist; and Eileen M. Reynolds, MA, is Senior IT Project Manager; all at RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC. Alpha Mahmoud Barry, DrPH, is Professor and Executive Director, University of Conakry and Santé Plus Organization, Conakry, Guinea. Ebi Celestin Bile, MSc, is Team Lead, IDDS Project, IDDS West Africa-Guinea, FHI360, Conakry, Guinea. Doreen L. Collins, MPH, is Director, Global Project Management, FHI Clinical, Durham, NC. Salomon Corvil, MD, is FETP-Guinea Resident Advisor, AFENET, Conakry, Guinea. Diallo Boubabar Ibrahima, MPH, is Chief of Party, RTI International, Conakry, Guinea. Kathy J. Middleton, MPH, is a Public Health Advisor, and Lise D. Martel, PhD, is Guinea Country Director; both with the Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Soumah Mohamed Lamine, MD, is an Emergency Management Technical Assistant, and Abdoulaye Wone, MD, is Public Health Coordinator; both with the International Organization for Migration, Conakry, Guinea. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health Secur. 2020 Jan;18(S1):S34-S42. doi: 10.1089/hs.2019.0089.
In response to the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, a US congressional appropriation provided funds to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support global health security capacity building in 17 partner countries, including Guinea. The 2014 funding enabled CDC to provide more than 300 deployments of personnel to Guinea during the Ebola response, establish a country office, and fund 11 implementing partners through cooperative agreements to support global health security engagement efforts in 4 core technical areas: workforce development, surveillance systems, laboratory systems, and emergency management. This article reflects on almost 4 years of collaboration between CDC and its implementing partners in Guinea during the Ebola outbreak response and the recovery period. We highlight examples of collaborative synergies between cooperative agreement partners and local Guinean partners and discuss the impact of these collaborations in strengthening the above 4 core capacities. Finally, we identify the key elements of the successful collaborations, including communication and information sharing as a core cooperative agreement activity, a flexible funding mechanism, and willingness to adapt to local needs. We hope these observations can serve as guidance for future endeavors seeking to establish strong and effective partnerships between government and nongovernment organizations providing technical and operational assistance.
针对 2014-2016 年西非埃博拉病毒病（EVD）疫情，美国国会拨款给美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC），以支持包括几内亚在内的 17 个伙伴国家的全球卫生安全能力建设。2014 年的资金使 CDC 能够在埃博拉疫情应对期间向几内亚部署 300 多名人员，建立一个国家办事处，并通过合作协议为 11 个实施伙伴提供资金，以支持全球卫生安全参与在 4 个核心技术领域的工作：劳动力发展、监测系统、实验室系统和应急管理。本文回顾了 CDC 及其在埃博拉疫情应对和恢复期在几内亚的实施伙伴近 4 年的合作。我们强调了合作协议伙伴与当地几内亚伙伴之间协同作用的例子，并讨论了这些合作对加强上述 4 个核心能力的影响。最后，我们确定了成功合作的关键要素，包括作为合作协议核心活动的沟通和信息共享、灵活的供资机制以及愿意适应当地需求。我们希望这些观察结果能为寻求在提供技术和业务援助的政府和非政府组织之间建立强大和有效的伙伴关系的未来努力提供指导。
