Publications by authors named "Chinyere Ekechi"
Rapid detection and response to infectious disease outbreaks requires a robust surveillance system with a sufficient number of trained public health workforce personnel. The Frontline Field Epidemiology Training Program (Frontline) is a focused 3-month program targeting local ministries of health to strengthen local disease surveillance and reporting capacities. Limited literature exists on the impact of Frontline graduates on disease surveillance completeness and timeliness reporting.
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- - The transition of Kenya's public health surveillance from a standalone web system to an integrated District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2) aimed to improve outbreak response by providing better training to surveillance officers.
- - An evaluation comparing 13 intervention counties (trained in DHIS2) with 13 comparisons (not trained) showed that the intervention led to significant increases in both completeness (from 45% to 62%) and timeliness (from 30% to 51%) of reporting.
- - Challenges identified for poor reporting included lack of government budget support, insufficient airtime for reporting, health worker strikes, and issues with healthcare facility resources.