Use of Epidemiology Surge Support to Enhance Robustness and Expand Capacity of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Response, South Africa

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Taback-Esra, Rayna ; Morof, Diane ; Briggs-Hagen, Melissa ; Savva, Helen ; Mthethwa, Simangele ; Williams, Daniel ; Drummond, Jennifer ; Rothgerber, Nancy ; Smith, Michelle ; McMorrow, Meredith ; Ndlovu, Mduduzi ; Adelekan, Adeboye ; Kindra, Gurpreet ; Olivier, Jacobus ; Mpofu, Nkosi ; Motlhaoleng, Katlego ; Khuzwayo, Landiwe ; Makapela, David ; Manjengwa, Patience ; Ochieng, Anne ; Porter, Sarah ; Grund, Jonathan ; Diallo, Karidia ; Lacson, Romel
• Description:
  As COVID-19 cases increased during the first weeks of the pandemic in South Africa, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases requested assistance with epidemiologic and surveillance expertise from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention South Africa. By leveraging its existing relationship with the National Institute of Communicable Diseases for >2 months, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention South Africa supported data capture and file organization, data quality reviews, data analytics, laboratory strengthening, and the development and review of COVID-19 guidance This case study provides an account of the resources and the technical, logistical, and organizational capacity leveraged to support a rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa.
• Subjects:
  COVID-19/epidemiology Humans Laboratories Pandemics/prevention & Control SARS-COV-2
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(Suppl 1):S177-S180
• Pubmed ID:
  36502381
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9745251
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  South Africa
• Volume:
  28
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d7f03c39d9af13aa58ecb94ba7ddd13cd4ed53f66955e307eda2d36f5b3944ca
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/123288/cdc_123288_DS1.pdf
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