Publications by authors named "Rahel L Yemanaberhan"
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- 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
The Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa is the largest on record, responsible for over 28,599 cases and more than 11,299 deaths. Genome sequencing in viral outbreaks is desirable to characterize the infectious agent and determine its evolutionary rate. Genome sequencing also allows the identification of signatures of host adaptation, identification and monitoring of diagnostic targets, and characterization of responses to vaccines and treatments.
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