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Public health emergency operations centres in Africa: a cross-sectional study assessing the implementation status of core components and areas for improvement, December 2021
Fekadu ST , Gebrewahid AL , Mankoula W , Eteng W , Lokossou V , Kawe Y , Abdullah A , Jian L , Kol MTM , Wilton MC , Rosenfeld E , Bemo VN , Collard E , McGinley L , Halm A , Aragaw M , Conteh IN , Braka F , Gueye AS . BMJ Open 2023 13 (6) e068934 OBJECTIVE: To assess implementation status of public health emergency operations centres (PHEOCs) in all countries in Africa. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SETTING: Fifty-four national PHEOC focal points in Africa responded to an online survey between May and November 2021. Included variables aimed to assess capacities for each of the four PHEOC core components. To assess the PHEOCs' functionality, criteria were defined from among the collected variables by expert consensus based on PHEOC operations' prioritisation. We report results of the descriptive analysis, including frequencies of proportions. RESULTS: A total of 51 (93%) African countries responded to the survey. Among these, 41 (80%) have established a PHEOC. Twelve (29%) of these met 80% or more of the minimum requirements and were classified as fully functional. Twelve (29%) and 17 (41%) PHEOCs that met 60%-79% and below 60% the minimum requirements were classified as functional and partially functional, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Countries in Africa made considerable progress in setting up and improving functioning of PHEOCs. One-third of the responding countries with a PHEOC have one fulfilling at least 80% of the minimum requirements to operate the critical emergency functions. There are still several African countries that either do not have a PHEOC or whose PHEOCs only partially meet these minimal requirements. This calls for significant collaboration across all stakeholders to establish functional PHEOCs in Africa. |
Strengthening response coordination through public health emergency operations centers in Africa: Lessons learned from 56-week webinar sessions, 2020-2021 (preprint)
Eteng W , Lilay A , Tekeste S , Mankoula W , Collard E , Waya C , Rosenfeld E , Wilton CM , Muita M , McGinley L , Kawe Y , Abdullah A , Halm A , Li J , Lokossou VL , Kanoute Y , Sonko I , Aragaw M . medRxiv 2022 28 Background: Following the declaration of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic on 11 March 2020, in-person events including trainings were canceled to limit the spread of the pandemic. A virtual learning program was established in May 2020 by Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, and other partners to strengthen COVID-19 response coordination through the public health emergency operations centers (PHEOCs). We present a review of the webinar series, the experience, and the lessons learned. Method(s): A data extraction tool was developed to retrieve data from the Africa CDC's webinar data repository. Major findings were synthesized and described per thematic area. Result(s): A total of 12,715 (13% of the 95,230 registrants) attended the 56 PHEOC webinar sessions between June 2020 and December 2021 and 47% of the attendees came from 17 countries. Of those who attended, 8,528 (70%) were from Africa. The webinars provided 97 learning hours with an average length of 1.18 hours per session. On average, there were 235 attendees per session. In addition, there was an average of 26 interactions between participants and facilitators per session. A total of 4,084 (44%) of the participants (9,283) responded to the post-session surveys, with over 95% rating the webinar topics as being relevant to their work, contributed to improving their understanding of PHEOC operationalization, and with extensive ease of comprehension. Conclusion(s): The virtual training served the intended audience given the high number of participants from African member states, with satisfactory feedback on training relevance. We highlighted a just-in-time, progressively adaptive experience in delivering a PHEOC/PHEM virtual learning in Africa with a consequential global audience at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Copyright The copyright holder for this preprint is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. This article is a US Government work. It is not subject to copyright under 17 USC 105 and is also made available for use under a CC0 license. |
Strengthening COVID-19 pandemic response coordination through public health emergency operations centres (PHEOC) in Africa: Review of a multi-faceted knowledge management and sharing approach, 2020-2021
Eteng WO , Lilay A , Tekeste S , Mankoula W , Collard E , Waya C , Rosenfeld E , Wilton CM , Muita M , McGinley L , Kawe Y , Abdullah A , Halm A , Li J , Lokossou VL , Kanoute Y , Sonko I , Aragaw M , Ouma AO . PLOS Glob Public Health 2023 3 (6) e0001386 The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted health security program implementation and incremental gains achieved after the West African Ebola outbreak in 2016 across Africa. Following cancellation of in-person events, a multi-faceted intervention program was established in May 2020 by Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the World Health Organisation, and partners to strengthen national COVID-19 response coordination through public health emergency operations centres (PHEOC) utilizing continuous learning, mentorship, and networking. We present the lessons learned and reflection points. A multi-partner program coordination group was established to facilitate interventions' delivery including webinars and virtual community of practice (COP). We retrieved data from Africa CDC's program repository, synthesised major findings and describe these per thematic area. The virtual COP recorded 1,968 members and approximately 300 engagements in its initial three months. Fifty-six webinar sessions were held, providing 97 cumulative learning hours to 12,715 unique participants. Zoom data showed a return rate of 85%; 67% of webinar attendees were from Africa, and about 26 interactions occurred between participants and facilitators per session. Of 4,084 (44%) participants responding to post-session surveys, over 95% rated the topics as being relevant to their work and contributing to improving their understanding of PHEOC operationalisation. In addition, 95% agreed that the simplicity of the training delivery encouraged a greater number of public health staff to participate and spread lessons from it to their own networks. This just-in-time, progressively adaptive multi-faceted learning and knowledge management approach in Africa, with a consequential global audience at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, served its intended audience, had a high number of participants from Africa and received greatly satisfactory feedback. |
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