Development and Implementation of a Public Health Event Management System, Nigeria, 2018–2024
Event management systems (EMS) are key tools for epidemic intelligence, integrating surveillance signals and incident response, although international standards to inform development are lacking. We describe the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) SITAware, a software capable of operating with low internet bandwidth to generate notifications, reports, and spatiotemporal dashboards and provide event-level data for real-time accountability and postevent learning. SITAware was enabled by local institutional ownership, co-created at low cost, and integrated into existing workflows. In 2022, SITAware was used to manage ≈300 incidents, and NCDC implemented it subnationally. NCDC's experience may inform EMS development and implementation in similar settings.
Authors
- Mohd Rohaizat Hassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4658-6532)
- Emmanuel Agogo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3570-3254)
- Rejoice Kudirat Luka-Lawal
- Iain Roddick
- Anwar Abubakar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1683-3490)
- Ebere Okereke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0136-213X)
- Christopher T. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7957-1524)
- Chikwe Ihekweazu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0659-0833)
- Isabel Oliver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6106-1734)
- John Oladejo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0156-1489)
- Rabi Usman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7869-5357)
- Womi-Eteng Oboma Eteng
- Emmanuel Benyeogor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3970-6716)
- Everistus Aniaku
- Ifedayo Adetifa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2556-9407)
- Olusola Aruna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7879-634X)
- Christine Manthey
- James Elston
- Ezekwe Ahamefula Sunday
- Sophie Logan
- Leena Inamdar
- Lawrence Hinkle
- Gloria Nunez
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3101.240379
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77