Measuring Timeliness of Outbreak Response in the World Health Organization African Region, 2017–2019
Large-scale protracted outbreaks can be prevented through early detection, notification, and rapid control. We assessed trends in timeliness of detecting and responding to outbreaks in the African Region reported to the World Health Organization during 2017–2019. We computed the median time to each...
Main Authors: | Benido Impouma, Maroussia Roelens, George Sie Williams, Antoine Flahault, Claudia Torres Codeço, Fleury Moussana, Bridget Farham, Esther L. Hamblion, Franck Mboussou, Olivia Keiser |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2020-11-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/11/19-1766_article |
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