The German Epidemic Preparedness Team (SEEG)

Through the German Epidemic Preparedness Team (SEEG), Germany supports countries of the Global South in their efforts to improve preparedness for the outbreak of infectious diseases and to detect and contain them at an early stage.

Experts from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, the Charité University Hospital in Berlin, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute, the Robert Koch Institute and GIZ work together in SEEG teams, following a One Health approach. They train local health personnel, assist with procuring laboratory materials and advise governments on dealing with outbreaks of diseases and on implementing international health regulations.

Since it was founded, the SEEG has carried out 70 missions in more than 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Central and South America (as at July 2025).