Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume 24, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 2074-2076

World health organization early warning, alert and response system in the Rohingya crisis, Bangladesh, 2017–2018 (Article)

Karo B.* , Haskew C. , Khan A.S. , Polonsky J.A. , Mazhar M.K.A. , Buddha N.
  • a Public Health England, London, United Kingdom, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
  • b Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
  • c University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States
  • d Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
  • e World Health Organization, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
  • f World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India

Abstract

The Early Warning, Alert and Response System (EWARS) is a web-based system and mobile application for outbreak detection and response in emergency settings. EWARS provided timely information on epidemic-potential diseases among >700,000 Rohingya refugees across settlements. EWARS helped in targeting new measles vaccination campaigns and investigating suspected outbreaks of acute jaundice syndrome. © 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

[No Keywords available]

Index Keywords

emergency refugee human Refugees Public Health Surveillance mobile application Mobile Applications jaundice Humans telemonitoring male early warning alert and response System female Disease Outbreaks Article epidemic emergency health service world health organization Emergencies Bangladesh diphtheria antibody vaccination measles public health Cell Phone mobile phone health survey
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85055076364&doi=10.3201%2feid2411.181237&partnerID=40&md5=b6e80bc364ac0bfccb84af3680299e30
DOI: 10.3201/eid2411.181237
ISSN: 10806040
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English