Leveraging PEPFAR-Supported Health Information Systems for COVID-19 Pandemic Response

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Mirza, Muzna ; Grant-Greene, Yoran ; Valles, Marie P.J.S. ; Joseph, Patrice ; Juin, Stanley ; Brice, Stephan ; Dely, Patrick ; Clement, Marie G.R. ; Kumar, Manish ; Silver, Meredith ; Wambugu, Samuel ; Seebregts, Christopher ; Futerman, Daniel ; Weissglas, Fitti ; Muthee, Veronica ; Blumenthal, Wendy ; Wuhib, Tadesse ; Yoon, Steven ; Rosen, Daniel H.
• Description:
  Since 2003, the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has supported implementation and maintenance of health information systems for HIV/AIDS and related diseases, such as tuberculosis, in numerous countries. As the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, several countries conducted rapid assessments and enhanced existing PEPFAR-funded HIV and national health information systems to support COVID-19 surveillance data collection, analysis, visualization, and reporting needs. We describe efforts at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and CDC country offices that enhanced existing health information systems in support COVID-19 pandemic response. We describe CDC activities in Haiti as an illustration of efforts in PEPFAR countries. We also describe how investments used to establish and maintain standards-based health information systems in resource-constrained settings can have positive effects on health systems beyond their original scope.
• Subjects:
  Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/ Epidemiology COVID-19/epidemiology COVID-19/prevention & Control Health Information Systems Hiv Infections/epidemiology Humans International Cooperation Pandemics/prevention & Control
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(Suppl 1):S49-S58
• Pubmed ID:
  36502426
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9745247
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; United States. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; United States. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
• Volume:
  28
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f3a83f797eeb34ba35fdd5456190b41e7e54f385565b725ad738c3f12025904a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/123316/cdc_123316_DS1.pdf
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