Measuring Timeliness of Outbreak Response in the World Health Organization African Region, 2017–2019

Measuring Timeliness of Outbreak Response in the World Health Organization African Region, 2017–2019

Large-scale protracted outbreaks can be prevented through early detection, notification, and rapid control. We assessed trends in timeliness of detecting and responding to outbreaks in the African Region reported to the World Health Organization during 2017–2019. We computed the median time to each...

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Main Authors: Benido Impouma, Maroussia Roelens, George Sie Williams, Antoine Flahault, Claudia Torres Codeço, Fleury Moussana, Bridget Farham, Esther L. Hamblion, Franck Mboussou, Olivia Keiser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
communicable diseases
disease outbreaks
foodborne diseases
Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response strategy
internally-displaced populations
outbreak response
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/11/19-1766_article

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