Surveillance

Content for this category should support the objectives of global surveillance which are:

  1. Monitor trends in COVID-19 disease at national and global levels.
  2. Rapidly detect new cases in countries where the virus is not circulating, and monitor cases in countries where the virus has started to circulate.
  3. Provide epidemiological information to conduct risk assessments at the national, regional and global level.
  4. Provide epidemiological information to guide preparedness and response measures.

Further information is provided in the WHO publication: Global surveillance for COVID-19 caused by human infection with COVID-19 virus

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Keeping Alert to Outbreaks of COVID-19

Video  from CORE Group,  from Last Mile Health - Community Health Academy,  from Medical Aid Films,  from TechChange,  from Translators without Borders

Communities and community health workers can limit the impact of outbreaks in their communities.

Study time:
3 mins
Region:
Global
Language:
English
Hindi
Swahili
Arabic
Spanish
Portuguese
French

Course 6: Community-based Surveillance for COVID-19

Course  from CORE Group,  from Last Mile Health - Community Health Academy,  from Medical Aid Films,  from TechChange,  from Translators without Borders

The goal of this course is to provide community-based health workers with a comprehensive understanding of community-based surveillance and their role in it. Community-based surveillance is a rapid and effective system for monitoring your community's health during a public health crisis, ...

Study time:
1 hours
Region:
Global
Language:
English

COVID-19 Resources from Ariadne Labs and

Other training resource  from Ariadne Labs,  from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Drawing on lessons learned from colleagues facing this crisis worldwide, experts from Ariadne Labs have developed guidelines to inform best practices in COVID-19 response protocols across clinical areas. These guidelines are based on expert opinion and the latest available evidence. ...

Region:
United States
Language:
English