Publications by authors named "Marjam Esmail"
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- The WHO developed an alert system from May 2021 to June 2022 to assess and respond to public health risks related to COVID-19, analyzing data from 237 countries.
- A three-stage mixed methods approach was utilized to predict future deaths and adjust alert levels based on context, leading to the creation of a watchlist for countries needing assistance.
- The system facilitated significant support, including over $27 million in emergency funding and medical supplies, while demonstrating the potential for similar future applications in managing outbreaks.
The emerging field of outbreak analytics calls attention to the need for data from multiple sources to inform evidence-based decision making in managing infectious diseases outbreaks. To date, these approaches have not systematically integrated evidence from social and behavioural sciences. During the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, an innovative solution to systematic and timely generation of integrated and actionable social science evidence emerged in the form of the Cellulle d'Analyse en Sciences Sociales (Social Sciences Analytics Cell) (CASS), a social science analytical cell.
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