Leveraging PEPFAR-Supported Health Information Systems for COVID-19 Pandemic Response.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 28(13): S49-S58, 2022 12.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36502426
ABSTRACT
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.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
HIV Infections
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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Health Information Systems
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COVID-19
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Emerg Infect Dis
Journal subject:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article