USAID Indonesia Community Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Program

Key Chapter Title List

1. Project Background and Indonesia's Public Health Risk Environment
2. Overview of the USAID Community Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Program (USAID CP3)
3. Strengthening Community Surveillance Systems and Building Early Warning Mechanisms
4. Support for the Development of National and Local Prevention/Control Regulations and Action Roadmaps
5. Development and Promotion of Community Surveillance Training Packages (Including Certified Courses)
6. Addressing Public Health Misinformation and Public Education
7. Development of Community Risk Mapping Tools and Emergency Decision Support
8. Summary of Project Core Achievements
9. Project Contact Information

Document Introduction

As a country with a complex geographical environment and a large population, Indonesian society has long faced the dual threats of natural disasters and disease outbreaks, with significant public health vulnerabilities. Over the past few decades, 75% of the country's emerging infectious diseases have been zoonotic, capable of cross-species transmission between animals and humans. The persistent presence of various infectious diseases such as COVID-19, measles, polio, dengue fever, and rabies has further exacerbated public health risks.

Increased interactions between humans, livestock, and wildlife driven by population growth and changes in land use patterns have become significant drivers of disease transmission. The complex geographical conditions and dynamically changing population structure further amplify the scope and impact of outbreaks on society. In this context, building a multi-stakeholder collaborative network involving communities, government, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, and international partners has become key to effectively preventing, detecting, and responding to disease threats. Through cooperation, the United States and Indonesia are jointly committed to strengthening community-level epidemic and pandemic preparedness and response capabilities.

The USAID Community Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Program (USAID CP3) is implemented by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in partnership with the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI). Its core objective is to enhance the risk prevention, early detection, and emergency response capabilities of communities, civil society, and relevant partners to prepare for future public health challenges. The project works by disseminating knowledge about disease risks, transmission routes, and prevention within communities, establishing a community-based surveillance and reporting system integrated with the health service system, and creating efficient information communication mechanisms to ensure real-time information sharing between the health system and communities.

At the implementation level, the project has achieved several key outcomes: training Red Cross volunteers in 6 regencies/cities (Tabanan, Boyolali, Maros, Ketapang, Bogor City, Pandeglang) to strengthen community surveillance and early warning for unusual health events; supporting the Indonesian government in formulating and launching national-level prevention and control regulations, providing a national and local guidance framework for the prevention and control of zoonoses and emerging infectious diseases, including the development of a community surveillance action roadmap; developing a community surveillance training package containing national guidelines and certified courses, promoted to over 1,400 trainers and volunteers, helping to expand surveillance coverage and improve data management capacity for outbreak response at national and local levels; conducting public education campaigns in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Indonesian Red Cross, reaching over 90,000 people, with a focus on combating misinformation in public health; developing community risk mapping tools and training volunteers in 24 villages across 6 provinces to provide data support for evidence-based decision-making during public health emergencies. Simultaneously, the project has also assisted the Indonesian government in cultivating emergency response capacity, laying the foundation for current and future outbreak response.