Lessons learned for surveillance system strengthening through capacity building and partnership engagement in post-Ebola Guinea, 2015-2019.

Autor:	Hemingway-Foday JJ; RTI International, Durham, NC, United States., Diallo BI; RTI International, Conakry, Guinea., Compaore S; International Organization for Migration, Conakry, Guinea., Bah S; International Medical Corps, Conakry, Guinea., Keita S; Ministry of Health, Conakry, Guinea., Diallo IT; Ministry of Health, Conakry, Guinea., Martel LD; Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States., Standley CJ; Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States., Bah MB; RTI International, Conakry, Guinea., Bah M; RTI International, Conakry, Guinea., Camara D; International Organization for Migration, Conakry, Guinea., Kaba AK; RTI International, Conakry, Guinea., Keita L; Ministry of Health, Conakry, Guinea., Kone M; Ministry of Health, Conakry, Guinea., Reynolds E; RTI International, Durham, NC, United States., Souare O; RTI International, Conakry, Guinea., Stolka KB; RTI International, Durham, NC, United States., Tchwenko S; Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States., Wone A; International Organization for Migration, Conakry, Guinea., Worrell MC; Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States., MacDonald PDM; RTI International, Durham, NC, United States.; Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2022 Aug 11; Vol. 10, pp. 715356. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Aug 11 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.3389/fpubh.2022.715356
Abstrakt:	The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in Guinea revealed systematic weaknesses in the existing disease surveillance system, which contributed to delayed detection, underreporting of cases, widespread transmission in Guinea and cross-border transmission to neighboring Sierra Leone and Liberia, leading to the largest Ebola epidemic ever recorded. Efforts to understand the epidemic's scale and distribution were hindered by problems with data completeness, accuracy, and reliability. In 2017, recognizing the importance and usefulness of surveillance data in making evidence-based decisions for the control of epidemic-prone diseases, the Guinean Ministry of Health (MoH) included surveillance strengthening as a priority activity in their post-Ebola transition plan and requested the support of partners to attain its objectives. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) and four of its implementing partners-International Medical Corps, the International Organization for Migration, RTI International, and the World Health Organization-worked in collaboration with the Government of Guinea to strengthen the country's surveillance capacity, in alignment with the Global Health Security Agenda and International Health Regulations 2005 objectives for surveillance and reporting. This paper describes the main surveillance activities supported by US CDC and its partners between 2015 and 2019 and provides information on the strategies used and the impact of activities. It also discusses lessons learned for building sustainable capacity and infrastructure for disease surveillance and reporting in similar resource-limited settings. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2022 Hemingway-Foday, Diallo, Compaore, Bah, Keita, Diallo, Martel, Standley, Bah, Bah, Camara, Kaba, Keita, Kone, Reynolds, Souare, Stolka, Tchwenko, Wone, Worrell and MacDonald.)
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