非洲疾病预防控制中心正在缩小疾病检测差距。

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Is Closing Gaps in Disease Detection.

机构信息

Jay Varma, MD, is a Senior Advisor and Philip C. Onyebujoh, MD, PhD, was a Senior Advisor (now an Independent Consultant), Office of the Director; Justin Maeda, MD, MSc, is Principal Medical Epidemiologist and Mgaywa G. M. D. Magafu, MD, MPHM, MPH, MSc, PhD, is Head, Division of Surveillance and Disease Intelligence; all at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Jay Varma is also a Senior Advisor, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Use of trade names and commercial sources is for identification only and does not constitute endorsement by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the US Department of Health and Human Services.

出版信息

Health Secur. 2020 Dec;18(6):483-488. doi: 10.1089/hs.2019.0153. Epub 2020 Oct 20.

DOI:10.1089/hs.2019.0153

PMID:33085528

Abstract

In 2017, the African Union established a new continent-wide public health agency, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Many outbreaks are never detected in Africa, and among outbreaks that are detected, countries often respond slowly and ineffectively. To address these problems, Africa CDC is working to increase early detection and reporting, improve access to diagnostic tests, promote novel laboratory approaches, help establish national public health institutes, improve information exchange between health agencies, and enhance recording and reporting of acute public health events and vital statistics. The health security of Africa will be strengthened by this new public health agency's ability to build comprehensive, timely disease surveillance that rapidly detects and contains health threats.

摘要

2017 年，非洲联盟成立了一个新的全大陆公共卫生机构，即非洲疾病控制和预防中心（Africa CDC）。许多疫情在非洲从未被发现，而在被发现的疫情中，各国往往反应缓慢且低效。为了解决这些问题，Africa CDC 正在努力加强早期发现和报告，改善诊断检测的获取，推广新的实验室方法，帮助建立国家公共卫生机构，改善卫生机构之间的信息交流，并加强对急性公共卫生事件和生命统计数据的记录和报告。通过该新公共卫生机构建立全面、及时的疾病监测能力，快速发现和遏制卫生威胁，将加强非洲的卫生安全。