Humanitarian led community-based surveillance: case study in Ekondo-titi, Cameroon.

Alain MetugeLundi-Anne Omam Ngo BibaaElizabeth JarmanEsther Omam Njomo

Published in: Conflict and health (2021)

In conflict settings, CBS can help in outbreak identification as well as other events, and a mobile health team is crucial to the success of the CBS due to the ability to rapidly response to generated alerts. The mobile health team provided timely investigation of 8 of 9 alerts generated. Collaboration with existing DHS structures is important for systems strengthening in such settings.

Keyphrases

palliative care
quality improvement
public health
high resolution
bioinformatics analysis