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World Health Organization Early Warning, Alert and Response System in the Rohingya Crisis, Bangladesh, 2017–2018

ContributorsKaro, Baselorcid; Haskew, Christopherorcid; Khan, Ali S.; Polonsky, Jonathan Aaronorcid; Mazhar, Md Khadimul Anamorcid; Buddha, Nilesh
Published inEmerging infectious diseases, vol. 24, no. 11, p. 2074-2076
Publication date2018-11
Abstract

The Early Warning, Alert and Response System (EWARS) is a web-based system and mobile application for outbreak detection and response in emergency settings. EWARS provided timely information on epidemic-potential diseases among >700,000 Rohingya refugees across settlements. EWARS helped in targeting new measles vaccination campaigns and investigating suspected outbreaks of acute jaundice syndrome.

Keywords
  • Bangladesh
  • EWARS
  • Rohingya
  • Rohingya crisis
  • Emergency response
  • Humanitarian innovation
  • Mobile phone–based surveillance
  • Outbreak detection
  • Surveillance
Affiliation entities Not a UNIGE publication
Citation (ISO format)
KARO, Basel et al. World Health Organization Early Warning, Alert and Response System in the Rohingya Crisis, Bangladesh, 2017–2018. In: Emerging infectious diseases, 2018, vol. 24, n° 11, p. 2074–2076. doi: 10.3201/eid2411.181237
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Additional URL for this publicationhttp://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/11/18-1237_article.htm
Journal ISSN1080-6040
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