Public health emergency operations centres in Africa: a cross-sectional study assessing the implementation status of core components and areas for improvement, December 2021.

ABSTRACT:

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

SUBMITTER: Fekadu ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314583 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature