Global Strategic Preparedness, Readiness and Response Plan (SPRP)

About Global Strategic Preparedness, Readiness and Response Plan (SPRP):

• It aims at reducing the burden of disease, suffering and deaths from dengue and other Aedes-borne arboviral diseases such as Zika and chikungunya, by fostering a global coordinated response.  
• The SPRP comprises five key components namely
  • Emergency coordination:Establishing leadership and coordination activities; 
  • Collaborative surveillance:Developing and using tools for early detection and control of dengue and other Aedes-borne outbreaks, including strengthened indicator and event-based surveillance, epidemiological analysis, laboratory diagnostics, and field investigations; 
  • Community protection:Engaging communities through active dialogue and local adaptation of prevention and response measures, including mosquito population control;
  • Safe and scalable care:Ensuring effective clinical management and resilient health services to ensure patients can receive adequate care and prevent illness and death;
  • Access to countermeasures:Promoting research and innovation for improved treatments and effective vaccines against these diseases. 
• The Strategic Plan will be implemented over one year until September 2025.
• It is aligned with the Global Vector Control Response 2017–2030, a global strategy to strengthen vector control worldwide, and the Global Arbovirus Initiative, launched in 2022, which focuses on tackling mosquito-borne arboviruses with epidemic potential.