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World Health Organization Early Warning, Alert and Response System in the Rohingya Crisis, Bangladesh, 2017–2018

Year: 2018

Type: article

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.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid2411.181237

Authors: Basel Karo, Christopher Haskew, Ali S. Khan, Jonathan A. Polonsky, Md Khadimul Anam Mazhar, Nilesh Buddha

Institutions: Public Health England, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, World Health Organization

Language: English

Topic: Data-Driven Disease Surveillance

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2896535915