4 results match your criteria: "ECOWAS Regional Center for Disease Surveillance and Control[Affiliation]"
COVID-19 pandemic waves: how prepared is West Africa for managing a high COVID-19 caseload? Urgent actions needed.
Pan Afr Med J
March 2022
West African Health Organization, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
The ECOWAS Region and the world have learnt a lot in the last year and a half concerning the pandemic. As the pandemic continues to evolve, the region needs to put together all these lessons in other to better protect its people, rebuild its economy and strengthen the regional health security for better regional prosperity. We reviewed the response mounted by the region from January 2020 to July 2021 and the existing body of knowledge.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCOVID-19 pandemic in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region: implication for capacity strengthening at Point of Entry.
Pan Afr Med J
August 2021
African Field Epidemiology Network, Abuja, Nigeria.
Free movement between countries without a visa is allowed within the 15-country Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region. However, little information is available across the region on the International Health Regulation (IHR 2005) capacities at points of entry (PoE) to detect and respond appropriately to public health emergencies such as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). ECOWAS and the member states can better tailor border health measures across the region by understanding public health strengths and priorities for improvement at PoEs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPerformance of the Public Health System During a Full-Scale Yellow Fever Simulation Exercise in Lagos State, Nigeria, in 2018: How Prepared Are We for the Next Outbreak?
Health Secur
May 2020
Oyeladun Funmi Okunromade, MBBS, MPH, is Assistant Director Surveillance/IHR, Department of Surveillance and Epidemiology; Augustine Olajide Dada, MBBS, MPH, is in Technical Support, REDDISE Implementation; Yahya O. Disu, MPH, is Assistant Director, Risk Communication Division, Department of Prevention Program and Knowledge Management; Olubunmi Eyitayo Ojo, MSc, is Director, Surveillance, Department of Surveillance and Epidemiology; and Chikwe Ihekweazu, FFPH, is Director General; all in the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria. Virgil K. Lokossou, MPH, MBA, is Head of Department, Health Emergency and Disaster Management Department, ECOWAS Regional Center for Disease Surveillance and Control, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria. Ike Anya, FFPH, is Principal Consultant, Epic Africa and Health Watch, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria. Ahmad M. Njidda, MBBS, is a Resident, Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria. Mahmood Muazu Dalhat, FWACP, is in the Public Health Technical Department; Muhammad Shakir Balogun, FMCPath, is Resident Advisor, Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme; and Patrick Nguku, MSc, is Senior Regional Technical Coordinator; all are with the African Field Epidemiology Network, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria. Carlos Faria De Brito, MPH, is Director, Department of Public Health and Research, and Stanley Okolo, PhD, is Director General; both at the West African Health Organization, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
Recurring outbreaks of infectious diseases have characterized the West African region in the past 4 decades. There is a moderate to high risk of yellow fever in countries in the region, and the disease has reemerged in Nigeria after 21 years. A full-scale simulation exercise of the outbreak of yellow fever was conducted to assess preparedness and response in the event of a full-scale outbreak.
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