Community-based surveillance in internally displaced people's camps and urban settings during a complex emergency in Yemen in 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The need for early identification of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in communities was high in Yemen during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic because most cases presenting to health facilities were severe. Early detection of cases would allow early interventions to interrupt the transmission chains. This study aimed to describe the implementation of community-based surveillance (CBS) in in internally displaced people (IDP) camps and urban settings in Yemen from 15 April 2020 to 30 September 2020.

Methods

Following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance for evaluation of surveillance systems, we assessed the usefulness and acceptability of CBS. For acceptability, we calculated the proportion of trained volunteers who reported disease al

SUBMITTER: Baaees MSO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8256204 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature