Scaling up of electronic case-based disease surveillance reporting for COVID-19 and other notifiable diseases through capacity building and antigen RDT provision: a case study of Sierra Leone
The COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique opportunity for the country to scale up eCBDS in more health facilities, and this improved notification and investigation timelines. However, more still needs to be done to ensure countrywide use of eCBDS.
Authors
- James Sylvester Squire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8593-7972)
- Innocent Nuwagira
- Charles Njuguna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6130-7597)
- Joseph Sam Kanu
- Stephen Sesay
- Fatmata Bangura
- Doris Harding
- Ian Njeru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0610-3492)
- Victor Caulker
- Zikan Koroma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4512-8038)
- Ismail Mahat Bashir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5614-2436)
- Robert Musoke
- Mohamed Alex Vandi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9621-6205)
- Bridget Magoba
Institutions
- World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (CG)
- Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1574116
- Primary Topic
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- World Health Organization
- Public Health Agency
- Islamic Development Bank
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention