Extending and Strengthening Routine DHIS2 Surveillance Systems for COVID-19 Responses in Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, and Uganda

The COVID-19 pandemic challenged countries to protect their populations from this emerging disease. One aspect of that challenge was to rapidly modify national surveillance systems or create new systems that would effectively detect new cases of COVID-19. Fifty-five countries leveraged past investments in District Health Information Software version 2 (DHIS2) to quickly adapt their national public health surveillance systems for COVID-19 case reporting and response activities. We provide background on DHIS2 and describe case studies from Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, and Uganda to illustrate how the DHIS2 platform, its community of practice, long-term capacity building, and local autonomy enabled countries to establish an effective COVID-19 response. With these case studies, we provide valuable insights and recommendations for strategies that can be used for national electronic disease surveillance platforms to detect new and emerging pathogens and respond to public health emergencies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Emerging infectious diseases - 28(2022), 13 vom: 19. Dez., Seite S42-S48

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kinkade, Carl [VerfasserIn]
Russpatrick, Scott [VerfasserIn]
Potter, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Saebo, Johan [VerfasserIn]
Sloan, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
Odongo, George [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Tushar [VerfasserIn]
Gallagher, Kathleen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Coronavirus
Coronavirus disease
DHIS2
District Health Information Software
Journal Article
Respiratory infections
Review
SARS
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Sierra Leone
Sri Lanka
Surveillance
Surveillance systems
Uganda
Viruses
Zoonoses

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Date Completed 16.12.2022

Date Revised 21.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3201/eid2813.220711

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350146284