Enabling countries to manage outbreaks: statistical, operational, and contextual analysis of the early warning and response system (EWARS-csd) for dengue outbreaks.

Introduction: Dengue is currently the fastest-spreading mosquito-borne viral illness in the world, with over half of the world's population living in areas at risk of dengue. As dengue continues to spread and become more of a health burden, it is essential to have tools that can predict when and where outbreaks might occur to better prepare vector control operations and communities' responses. One such predictive tool, the Early Warning and Response System for climate-sensitive diseases (EWARS-csd), primarily uses climatic data to alert health systems of outbreaks weeks before they occur.

[Maintaining measles elimination status in Colombia during outbreak control, 2019Manutenção do status de eliminação do sarampo na Colômbia durante o controle de surtos, 2019].

Objective: Describe measles outbreaks caused by importation of multiple cases, and the corresponding control interventions.

Methods: Descriptive study of measles outbreaks caused by the importation of multiple cases to Colombia in 2018-2019. Case definitions, classification of source of infection, collection of biological specimens, searches for suspected cases, case identification, and contact tracing were employed.

Estimation of Incubation Period of Mpox during 2022 Outbreak in Pereira, Colombia.

We estimated the incubation period for mpox during an outbreak in Pereira, Colombia, using data from 11 confirmed cases. Mean incubation period was 7.1 (95% CI 4.

Performance of the Colombian surveillance system during the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid evaluation of the first 50 days.

Introduction: The COVID pandemic is a challenge for public health surveillance and an opportunity to assess its strengths and weaknesses to improve the response. Objective: To evaluate the performance of the Colombian public health surveillance system during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Materials and methods: We analyzed the data published between March 6 and April 24, 2020, by the Instituto Nacional de Salud and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Neurodevelopmental findings in children 20-30 months of age with postnatal Zika infection at 1-12 months of age, Colombia, September-November 2017.

Background: Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy can cause infant brain and eye abnormalities and has been associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in exposed infants. Evidence is limited on ZIKV's effects on children infected postnatally within the first year of life.

Objective: To determine whether any adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes occurred in early childhood for children infected postnatally with ZIKV during infancy, given the neurotoxicity of ZIKV infection and the rapid brain development that occurs in infancy and early childhood.

[Behavioral risk factors and readiness in amateur marathon runners 18-64 years of age in Bogotá, Colombia, 2014].

Participation in amateur street marathons has become increasingly popular and requires prior individual health risk assessment. The objective was to identify risk factors and readiness in registered runners. This was a cross-sectional study in a random sample (n = 510) of registered amateur runners 18-64 years of age, using a digital survey with IPAQ, Par-Q+, and STEPwise, with an expected physical inactivity rate of 35% (±5%).

[Pentavalent vaccine and vaccination coverage in children aged less than one in Colombia 2000-2003].

Objective: Determining the impact of including pentavalent vaccine in third-dose immunisation coverage for children aged less than 1 (2002 and 2003) by geographic cluster.

Materials And Methods: This was an ecologic study using department, province, municipality and capital city as analysis units. It compared third-dose coverage, desertion index, number of places having more than 80% immunisation coverage and the number of children being immunised before and after vaccination was introduced.

[Evaluation of the National Vaccination Day in Bogota, D.C., 2001].

Objectives: A national immunization day-NID, aimed at improving vaccination coverage, was carried out in Colombia in November 2001. The main objective of the study was to measure the proportion of children under 2 years either completing their immunization schedule or advancing through it by receiving doses during the NID. Besides, we also evaluated the proportion of lost opportunities for vaccination during the NID and the impact of the media (TV, ratio, newspapers, etc.