Leveraging epidemiology as a decision support tool during the COVID-19 epidemic in South Africa

Autor: Silal, SP, Groome, MJ, Govender, N, Pulliam, JRC, Ramadan, OP, Puren, A, Jassat, W, Leonard, E, Moultrie, H, Meyer-Rath, KG, Ramkrishna, W, Langa, T, Furumele, T, Moonasar, D, Cohen, C, Walaza, S

Publikováno v: South African Medical Journal; Vol. 112 No. 5b (2022); 361-365

By May 2021, South Africa (SA) had experienced two ‘waves’ of COVID-19 infections, with an initial peak of infections reached in July 2020, followed by a larger peak of infections in January 2021. Public health decisions rely on accurate and time

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Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization.

Autor: Shattock AJ; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, Australia; University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia., Johnson HC; Safinea, London, UK; London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Sim SY; World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland., Carter A; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., Lambach P; World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland., Hutubessy RCW; World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland., Thompson KM; Kid Risk, Orlando, FL, USA., Badizadegan K; Kid Risk, Orlando, FL, USA., Lambert B; Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA., Ferrari MJ; Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA., Jit M; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK., Fu H; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK., Silal SP; Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Centre for Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK., Hounsell RA; Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Centre for Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK., White RG; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; TB Modelling Group, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK., Mosser JF; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., Gaythorpe KAM; Imperial College London, London, UK., Trotter CL; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Imperial College London, London, UK., Lindstrand A; World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland., O'Brien KL; World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland., Bar-Zeev N; World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: barzeevn@who.int.

Publikováno v: Lancet (London, England) [Lancet] 2024 May 25; Vol. 403 (10441), pp. 2307-2316. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 02.

Strengthening health policy modelling in Africa.

Autor: Thumbi SM; Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, University of Nairobi, Nairobi 30197-00100, Kenya; Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Paul Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA. Electronic address: thumbi.mwangi@wsu.edu., Oliwa J; Health Services Unit, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Program, Nairobi, Kenya., Silal SP; Modelling and Simulation Hub, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Publikováno v: The Lancet. Global health [Lancet Glob Health] 2024 Apr; Vol. 12 (4), pp. e555-e556.

Mobilizing resources with an investment case to mitigate cross-border malaria transmission and achieve malaria elimination in South Africa.

Autor: Kollipara A; San Francisco Global Health Group, Malaria Elimination Initiative at the University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA., Moonasar D; National Department of Health, Malaria Vector and Zoonotic Disease Directorate, Pretoria, South Africa.; School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa., Balawanth R; South Africa Regional Office, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI), Pretoria, South Africa., Silal SP; Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa (MASHA), Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK., Yuen A; South Africa Regional Office, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI), Pretoria, South Africa., Fox K; San Francisco Global Health Group, Malaria Elimination Initiative at the University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA., Njau J; JoDon Consulting Group, Health Economist, Lilburn, GA, USA., Pillay YG; National Department of Health, Malaria Vector and Zoonotic Disease Directorate, Pretoria, South Africa.; Affiliate Center for Innovation in Global Health, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA., Blecher M; Public Finance Division, National Treasury, Pretoria, South Africa.

Publikováno v: Global health action [Glob Health Action] 2023 Dec 31; Vol. 16 (1), pp. 2205700.

The role of modelling and analytics in South African COVID-19 planning and budgeting.

Autor: Meyer-Rath G; Faculty of Health Sciences, Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.; Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; South African DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa., Hounsell RA; Department of Statistical Sciences, Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom., Pulliam JR; South African DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa., Jamieson L; Faculty of Health Sciences, Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.; South African DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.; Department of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands., Nichols BE; Faculty of Health Sciences, Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.; Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Department of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.; Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland., Moultrie H; National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa., Silal SP; Department of Statistical Sciences, Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Publikováno v: PLOS global public health [PLOS Glob Public Health] 2023 Jul 03; Vol. 3 (7), pp. e0001063. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 03 (Print Publication: 2023).