Publications by authors named "Valerie Nkamgang Bemo"
Public health emergency operations centres in Africa: a cross-sectional study assessing the implementation status of core components and areas for improvement, December 2021.
BMJ Open
June 2023
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate the status of public health emergency operations centres (PHEOCs) across African countries.
- A survey conducted in 2021 received responses from 51 out of 54 countries, revealing that 80% have PHEOCs, with a third meeting at least 80% of required operational standards.
- While progress has been made, many countries still lack fully functional PHEOCs, highlighting the need for collaboration among stakeholders to enhance public health readiness in Africa.
Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (PHEOCs) provide a platform for multisectoral coordination and collaboration, to enhance the efficiency of outbreak response activities and enable the control of disease outbreaks. Over the last decade, PHEOCs have been introduced to address the gaps in outbreak response coordination. With its tropical climate, high population density and poor socioeconomic indicators, Nigeria experiences large outbreaks of infectious diseases annually.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUpdate on mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo: results from a third nationwide survey.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep
June 2009
Background: The humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been among the world's deadliest in recent decades. We conducted our third nationwide survey to examine trends in mortality rates during a period of changing political, security, and humanitarian conditions.
Methods: We used a 3-stage, household-based cluster sampling technique to compare east and west DRC.