Observatorio COVID-19 y Dengue, Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana (UNITEC), Tegucigalpa 11101, Honduras.
Consorcio de Investigadores COVID-19 Honduras, Tegucigalpa 11101, Honduras.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2021 Jun 7;43(2):e297-e298. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa266.
A recently published article of this journal stated that informatics solutions can guide better public health decision-making during the COVID 19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) pandemic. Honduras is a country facing the COVID-19 pandemic with a weak health surveillance system while also fighting a dengue epidemic and the aftermath of two hurricanes that struck its territory in November 2020. In response, we as academics started a COVID-19 and Dengue Observatory combining several technological platforms and developing multidisciplinary research to help the country navigate the crisis. Mapping the pandemic and the natural disasters showed us that technology can be applied toward epidemiology to benefit communities in a time of need by quickly building a basic digital health surveillance system for Honduras.
本刊最近发表的一篇文章指出,信息学解决方案可以在 COVID-19(2019 年冠状病毒病)大流行期间为更好的公共卫生决策提供指导。洪都拉斯在应对 COVID-19 大流行时面临着薄弱的卫生监测系统,同时还在与登革热疫情以及 2020 年 11 月袭击其领土的两次飓风的余波作斗争。有鉴于此,我们这些学者启动了 COVID-19 和登革热观测站,结合了多个技术平台,并开展了多学科研究,以帮助该国应对这一危机。对大流行和自然灾害的绘图分析表明,我们可以将技术应用于流行病学,通过为洪都拉斯快速建立一个基本的数字卫生监测系统,在需要的时候为社区提供帮助。