SHARP Joint Action ended in September 2023

After four years of hard work, in part interrupted by the pandemic, SHARP Joint Action has come to an end. The coordination is still finishing final reporting and the very latest deliverables are being submitted. This final email from SHARP Joint Action includes a summary of the work done in the final months of the project, with links to relevant reports and deliverables.

Once again, thank you to all our partners and stakeholders for fruitful and effective collaboration these past years!

Important note about sustainability

Our project website sharpja.eu will stay live until the end of March 2024. After this, we will move the most important documents onto this THL website. Please note that after this time, sharpja.eu cannot be accessed. If you wish to copy and paste materials from your work package's or other pages, please remember to do so before the end of March 2024.

We have also opened a library on the Agora network of the EU Health Policy Platform. All of the deliverables as well as general information about the project will be stored there. If you're not yet a member, you can register here to be able to access the library.

As some deliverables are still going through an evaluation process, they might not be externally available yet. We will upload them on the websites and in the HPP library as they become available.

We also urge all work packages to save the work they have done. If you wish to copy and paste the contents of the website on your own institution's server, feel free to do so.

Final externally available deliverables

Sustainability Report identifies 10 key priority outcomes from SHARP Joint Action

One of the key deliverables of SHARP Joint Action is the Sustainability Report by Work Package 4, which has identified key priority outcomes to be sustained from the project.

These ten key priority outcomes concern national, regional, and global level and show the way forward in being better prepared for possible future cross-border health threats.

Layman's report summarises the key recommendations arising from the project

The Layman's report is a summary of the Final Report that will be submitted to the European Commission. This Layman's report is a useful reference for relevant professionals but also policy makers hoping to bring forward recommendations informed by the work of SHARP Joint Action.

Strategies that countries can use for After-Action Reviews

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the Public Health Agency of Sweden have published an addendum to the review of EU-level Simulation Exercises and After Action Reviews. The addendum investigates the use of AAR in countries, barriers for conducting reviews, and follow-up of identified recommendations.

Read the review.

Further reading: A journal paper by authors from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

Inventory of IHR training activities and materials available from WP8

An inventory of existing International Health Regulations (IHR) related training activities and materials has been compiled by the National Centre of Epidemiology, Public Health Institute Carlos III. This is a valuable reference for human resource capacity building activitivies.

WP10 Final Deliverables Published

Work package 10 focusing on case management and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Preparedness has published their final deliverables.

The report on existing facilities looks at locations, infrastructure and capabilities of facilities that are relevant to high consequence infectious diseases. WP10 has also conducted a feasibility study for an expert clinical support service for HCID. Lastly, the report on syndrome based approach for prompt and early clinical management of HCID is also available now.

Table-top exercise handbook made available

In September 2023, work package 6 trialled a tabletop exercise (TTX) to enhance awareness on which sectors are currently involved and which should be involved in the initial period of public health emergency response. It’s designed to inspire public health professionals to think about multisectoral collaboration in their existing national, (in)formal preparedness and response plans.

The tabletop exercise (TTX) is made available for countries to evaluate and improve preparedness and response plans relating to zoonosis disease.

Published deliverables, milestones & tasks

All the externally available deliverables produced in this project can be accessed on our website sharpja.eu. This website will stay live until the end of March 2024. After that time, you can find the deliverables plus other important information about SHARP JA on the THL SHARP website.

Check out our deliverables.

Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year 2024!

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