Major Cities Emergency and Critical Care Improvement Program (MECIP)

Well-organized acute care is a key mechanism for achieving a range of Sustainable Development Goal targets, including those on universal health coverage, road safety, maternal and child health, non-communicable diseases, infectious diseases, disasters and violence. It also helps WHO to fulfill the mandate of its Thirteenth General Program of Work 2019-2023 to strengthen health systems, widen coverage of essential health services and improve integrated service delivery. The role of acute care system in achieving the health sector’s transformation plan (HSTP II) is unprecedented.

Major cities emergency and critical care improvement program (MECIP) is an initiative designed to increase access to city wide quality emergency, injury and critical care service by creating a unique collaboration platform that can generate evidence based innovative solutions to prioritized critical gaps and support the health facilities and cities to ensure integration of pre-hospital, emergency, injury and critical care services in selected major cities. The initiative aims to

To establish standardized collaboration, coordination and communication system among stakeholders for better emergency, injury and critical care services provision.
To decrease emergency, injury and critical care mortality and morbidity in selected major cities
To develop a sturdy disaster preparedness and response capacity in selected major cities