Publications by authors named "Francis T Lazaro"
Lancet Glob Health
June 2023
Article Synopsis
- Recent global health crises, such as COVID-19 and mpox, highlighted a lack of preparedness for public health threats, prompting a new method called 7-1-7 to assess the speed of detection, notification, and initial response actions during outbreaks.
- A study in Brazil, Ethiopia, Liberia, Nigeria, and Uganda from 2018 to 2022 found that while many public health events met some timeliness targets, only 27% achieved the full 7-1-7 goal, indicating significant room for improvement in response times.
- The majority of identified bottlenecks (61%) and enablers (51%) for effective detection were linked to health facilities, with considerable delays occurring
