TY - JOUR
AU - Aborode AT
AU - Hasan MM
AU - Jain S
AU - Okereke M
AU - Adedeji OJ
AU - Karra-Aly A
AU - Fasawe AS
AB - Infectious disease outbreaks have long posed a public health threat, especially in Africa, where the incidence of infectious outbreaks has risen exponentially. Although, Africa has witnessed several outbreaks of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases such as Ebola virus disease and other epidemic-prone diseases, little attention has been given towards strengthening the health surveillance systems. However, the recent COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered the region's already due to inefficient and ineffective health surveillance systems. However, the impact posed by the COVID-19 pandemic on health systems in the region has been catastrophic, it has also stressed the importance of rethinking and focusing on lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we examine how Africa's poor disease surveillance systems affected the responses and strategies aimed at COVID-19 containment. To ensure early disease outbreak identification and prompt public health interventions in Africa, the current disease surveillance and response mechanisms must be strengthened.
BT - Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
DO - 10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100841
LA - eng
N2 - Infectious disease outbreaks have long posed a public health threat, especially in Africa, where the incidence of infectious outbreaks has risen exponentially. Although, Africa has witnessed several outbreaks of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases such as Ebola virus disease and other epidemic-prone diseases, little attention has been given towards strengthening the health surveillance systems. However, the recent COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered the region's already due to inefficient and ineffective health surveillance systems. However, the impact posed by the COVID-19 pandemic on health systems in the region has been catastrophic, it has also stressed the importance of rethinking and focusing on lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we examine how Africa's poor disease surveillance systems affected the responses and strategies aimed at COVID-19 containment. To ensure early disease outbreak identification and prompt public health interventions in Africa, the current disease surveillance and response mechanisms must be strengthened.
PB - Elsevier BV
PY - 2021
EP - 100841
T2 - Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
TI - Impact of poor disease surveillance system on COVID-19 response in africa: Time to rethink and rebuilt
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213398421001494/pdfft?md5=fc959aa79fcdc4d20df04f7b516e2d5a&pid=1-s2.0-S2213398421001494-main.pdf
VL - 12
SN - 2213-3984
ER -