International Health Regulations

Weber, Andrew; Lurie, Nicole; Dowell, Scott F.; Fischer, Julie E.; Kates, J; Morrison, S.J.

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“…The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) was created in 2007 and has an estimated population of around 10 million, spanning across 650 square kilometres (Government of Telangana, 2019; World Population Review, 2020). The dengue incidence of Hyderabad city has been continuously rising (from 147 cases in 2017 to1043 cases in 2019) (Mk, 2019;TelanganaToday, 2019). Local officials admit that the reported numbers could be a gross underestimation of actual incidence, providing a misleading picture of the actual dengue burden (Mk, 2019).…”

Section: Dengue Surveillance In Hyderabad Districtmentioning

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Understanding India’s urban dengue surveillance: A qualitative policy analysis of Hyderabad district

Pilot

Nittas

2020

Global Public Health

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Dengue's re-emerging epidemiology poses a major global health threat. India contributes significantly to the global communicable disease burden has been declared highly dengue-endemic, exposing public health authorities to severe challenges. Our study aims to provide a deeper understanding of India's urban dengue surveillance policies as well as to explore the organisation, functioning and integration of existing disease control pillars. We conducted a qualitative regional case study, consisting of semi-structured expert interviews and observational data, covering the urban region of Hyderabad in South India. Our findings indicate that Hyderabad's dengue surveillance system predominantly relies on public reporting units, neglecting India's large private health sector. The surveillance system requires further strengthening and additional efforts to efficiently integrate existing governmental initiatives at all geographical levels and administrative boundaries. We concluded with recommendations for improved consistency, accuracy, efficiency and reduction of system fragmentation to enhance the integration of dengue surveillance and improved health information in urban India. Finally, our study underlines India's overall need to increase investment in public health and health infrastructures. That requires coordinated and multilevel action targeting the development of a competent, effective and motivated public health cadre, as well as truly integrated surveillance and epidemic response infrastructure, for dengue and beyond.

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Section: Dengue Surveillance In Hyderabad Districtmentioning

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Understanding India’s urban dengue surveillance: A qualitative policy analysis of Hyderabad district

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2020

Global Public Health

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“…In total, 31 key multisectoral meetings were conducted from 2016 to 2018 to sensitize and build consensus with stakeholders and senior government leadership in Guinea (13), Liberia (6), and Sierra Leone (12). In addition, every country conducted regular quarterly Platform coordination meetings for planning and monitoring progress.…”

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“…Member states signed policy and financial commitments to strengthen national preparedness and response capacities against public health threats through institutionalization of the One Health approach. They also called on international partners' support in carrying out the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) of core capacities to meet the requirements of the World Health Organization (WHO) International Health Regulation (IHR 2005) [12] and in assessing the state of veterinary services using the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) tool for the Evaluation of Performance of Veterinary Services (OIE PVS tool) [13].…”

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Establishing National Multisectoral Coordination and collaboration mechanisms to prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone 2016–2018

Agbo¹,

Gbaguidi²,

Biliyar³

et al. 2019

One Health Outlook

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Background: The governments of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone have acknowledged that weak health systems and poor coordination of efforts hampered effectiveness of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak response. The bitter experience of the Ebola outbreak response served as an important catalyst for increased efforts to comply with World Health Organization (WHO) International Health Regulations (IHR 2005), Performance of Veterinary Services (PVS) Pathway capacities, and Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) goals. In November 2016, an interministerial meeting held in Dakar, Senegal, resulted in formalized commitments from the three nations to strengthen resilience to health threats by establishing a Regional Strategic Roadmap to institutionalize the One Health approach. Since then, each country has made significant progress towards establishing National One Health Platforms to coordinate health security interventions, in collaboration with international partners. This paper outlines the methodology and results of these efforts for the period June 2016-January 2019, with a specific focus on activities supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Preparedness & Response (P&R) project. Objectives: In support of the West African Health Organization's November 2016 Regional Strategic Roadmap for institutionalization of the One Health approach, the Preparedness & Response (P&R) project worked in coordination with national partners in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to establish multisectoral, One Health coordinating mechanisms.

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“…However, international and global coverage, collaboration, coordination and willingness to share data and report newly emerging threats in a timely fashion, according to e.g. the WHO international health regulations (IHR) requirements [9], are not always optimal. Similarly, syndrome and laboratory surveillance for domestic and wild animals with close links to national and international reporting systems coordinated by the Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) [10], should form the basis for animal health security, and preparedness for the unprecedented epidemic or pandemic spread of animal diseases like avian influenza and African swine fever.…”

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Pandemic preparedness planning in peacetime: what is missing?

Osterhaus

Mackenzie

2020

One Health Outlook

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Understanding India’s urban dengue surveillance: A qualitative policy analysis of Hyderabad district

Understanding India’s urban dengue surveillance: A qualitative policy analysis of Hyderabad district

Establishing National Multisectoral Coordination and collaboration mechanisms to prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone 2016–2018

Pandemic preparedness planning in peacetime: what is missing?

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