The Sudanese Red Crescent COVID-19 Preparedness Profile

The Sudanese Red Crescent COVID-19 preparedness proﬁle (as of May 5, 2020)

Risk & Hazards DREF & Appeals11 armed conﬂict, People with disabilities, Sexual and gender minorities, Survivors of sexual and gender-based INFORM COVID-19 Risk Index1 Epidemics Non-Epidemics Total violence Count 1 6 7 19, 20, 6, 21, 22, 23 CHF 256,404 2,950,850 3,207,254 Other programming Hazard & Lack coping Vulnerability Risk class Exposure capacity All IFRC supported responses (last 5 yrs): People reached 6.8 3.2 4.3 High Cholera Outbreak (2019), Floods (2018), Floods 2017 INFORM COVID-19 risk rank: 27 of 191 countries (2017), Population Movement (2017), Floods (2016), Program: Active: Direct: Indirect: Population Movement (2015), Election Preparedness (2015) Highlighted INFORM COVID-19 sub-components Epidemic/Pandemic: No - - CBS: No - - Socio-Economic Vulnerability: 6.4 The Sudanese Red Crescent Food Security: 5.1 Health (all program): Yes 2,085,054 - Mandate and resources13, 9, 6 Gender Based Violence (GBV): 4.2 WASH: Yes - - NS Auxiliary role recognized: Partial Movement (international & national): 1.2 IDRL Law/Mechanism: - DRR: Yes - - Behaviour (awareness & trust)): 6.9 Branches and warehouses: 18 Social Inclusion: No - - Governance (effectiveness & corruption): 8.3 Staff (% accidental insurance): 721 (0%) Long-term Yes 100,964 605,810 Access to healthcare: 5.9 programmes: Volunteers (% a. insurance): 88,889 (0%) First Aid: Yes (370,789 volunteers trained) Health context Youth (6-29 yrs) (% volunteers): - (-%)

2 14 National Society capacity strenghtening Global Health Security Index: 163 out of 195 Continuity of care (MHPSS: 24 PSS support for Staff. PSS support for Volunteers. and development processes Global Health Security preparedness levels: Medical services15, 16 - Preventing pathogens: Least prepared Pre-hospital care: Yes Early detection/reporting of epidemics: Least prepared About: Country profiles Health Centre(s): Yes Responding & mitigating spread: More prepared The purpose of this document is to help outline National Society risk as well Hospital(s): Yes as capacities for preparedness, containment, and mitigation of COVID-19. Treat the sick & protect health workers: Least prepared This document pulls existing IFRC and public information to inform about Higher Education: - country-level risk and hazards, health context, Movement representation, Commitments (HR, funding & norms): More prepared National Society programs and services, and coordination mechanisms. Programmes Risk/vulnerability to biological threats: Most at risk INFORM and GHSI methodology and details on how to read the severity scales are available in the link below, in the links in the data 3 ReadyScore: 57 out of 100 Community-based Health & First Aid source section. (CBHFA)17 4, 5 For more information on National Society capacity strengthening and GHS process engagement development processes, please contact: Is CBHFA active: • National Society Development (NSD) for Organisational Capacity Joint External Evaluation (JEE): Completed Unknown Assessment and Certification (OCAC) and Branch Organizational Capacity Assessment (BOCA) National Action Plan for Health Security: Completed No CBHFA activities: • Disaster and Crisis Prevention, Response and Recovery (DCPRR) - for National Society Preparedness for Effective Response (PER) Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA): No and cash preparedness No Health topics taught: • Logistics team for Logistics assessments Healthcare system capacity (per 1,000 population)8, 7 - Data Sources - Hospital bed(s) (2020) Community Engagement & Accountability (CEA)18 1 INFORM COVID-19 Risk Index (v0.1.2) 0 Physician(s) (2015) 2 Global Health Security Index (GHSI) (2019) 3 Prevent Epidemics ReadyScore (2019) 4 WHO Strategic Partnership for International Health Regulations (2005) 1 Nurse(s) and midwi(ves) (2015) HR Capacity: and Health Security (2020) Deployable Delegate Tier 1, 3-Day Training/ToT 5 Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) (2020) 0 Community healthcare worker(s) (2004) 6 IFRC Federation-wide databank and reporting system (2018) 7 World Bank Open Data Structure: 8 Imperial College London (ICL) and London School of Hygiene & RCRC Movement Presence - Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) 9 IFRC Disaster Law Database (IDRL) (2020) 9, 10 6 Programs: 10 IFRC National Society Directory (2018) IFRC Region: Africa 11 IFRC Go (2020) Perception or Satisfaction Surveys, Complaint and 12 International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (2020) IFRC CCST:9, 10 - Feedback Mechanisms, Rumour Tracking, Radio 13 IFRC COVID-19 Government Actions (2020) 14 IFRC MHPSS: Survey (2019) Programming, SMS/Whatsapp Messaging, Mobile 15 Global Advisory Panel on Corporate Governance and Risk 9, 10 IFRC Country Office: Sudan Cinema Management of Blood Services in Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Global Mapping - Red Cross / Red Crescent National IFRC Status agreement:9, 10 In negotiation Society involvement in country blood programs, 2018. Mental Health and Psychosocial Support 16 Business Continunity Planning/Medical capacity mapping (2020) 14 17 IFRC CBHFA: Survey (2019) IFRC Bank account:9, 10 Yes (MHPSS) 18 IFRC Community Engagement & Accountability: Map (2019) 19 IFRC Community Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Program 9, 10 20 IFRC Community-based Surveillance (2020) Corresponding language: Arabic / English Number of volunteers trained in: 21 IFRC Global Safe Water Initiative (GWSI) Portal (2018) Basic Psychosocial support (PSS): 36 22 IFRC Disaster Risk Reduction: Global mapping (2018) ICRC Presence:12 Yes 23 IFRC Social Inclusion capacity mapping (2019) Psychological First Aid (PFA): 765 24 IFRC National Society Development (2019) Number of highly skilled volunteers: Found incomplete, incorrect, or out of date Social Workers (9), Psychologist (7), Psychiatrist (0), 6 information?Ideas on how to improve? Please share Partner National Societies (financial support): Community Healthcare Workers (CHWs) (11) Danish Red Cross, Swedish Red Cross, The your feedback. Netherlands Red Cross, German Red Cross, Swiss 20 current Psychosocial (PSS) activities: Red Cross, Red Crescent Society of the United Arab Restoring Family Links, Anti-stigma activities, Emirates Awareness Campaigns, Caring for staff and volunteers, Child friendly spaces, Community events, Cultural Demography activities, Family friendly activities, Information activities, Lay counselling, Life skills activities, Peer support, Population:7 41,801,533 Psychoeducation, Recreational activities, Psychological first aid, Self-care awareness, Sports and physical 7 Population over 65: 4% activities, Stress management activities, Support groups, Volunteer support Income level:7 Lower middle income 2 current Mental Health (MH) activities: Counselling, Psychological support home visit Urban (percentage):7 35% 9 MHPSS target populations: IFRC Operations (last 5 years) Adolescents, Children, Older persons, Migrants, People affected by violence, People affected by war and