Integrated digital system for community engagement and community-based surveillance during the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone: lessons for future health emergencies

Community engagement and community-based surveillance are essential components of responding to infectious disease outbreaks, but real-time data reporting remains a challenge. In the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, the Social Mobilisation Action Consortium was formed to scale-up structured...

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Autores principales:	Katharine Owen, Mohammad B Jalloh, Paul Sengeh, Mohamed F Jalloh, Jamie Bedson, Saiku Bah, Allan Oniba, Musa Sangarie, Nyuma James, Samuel Abu Pratt, Samuel Sesay
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Publicado:	BMJ Publishing Group 2020
Materias:	Medicine (General) R5-920 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cead011658f44962a6fdf8a4fd40173b2021-11-20T06:30:10ZIntegrated digital system for community engagement and community-based surveillance during the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone: lessons for future health emergencies10.1136/bmjgh-2020-0039362059-7908https://doaj.org/article/cead011658f44962a6fdf8a4fd40173b2020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://gh.bmj.com/content/5/12/e003936.fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2059-7908Community engagement and community-based surveillance are essential components of responding to infectious disease outbreaks, but real-time data reporting remains a challenge. In the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, the Social Mobilisation Action Consortium was formed to scale-up structured, data-driven community engagement. The consortium became operational across all 14 districts and supported an expansive network of 2500 community mobilisers, 6000 faith leaders and 42 partner radio stations. The benefit of a more agile digital reporting system became apparent within few months of implementing paper-based reporting given the need to rapidly use the data to inform the fast-evolving epidemic. In this paper, we aim to document the design, deployment and implementation of a digital reporting system used in six high transmission districts. We highlight lessons learnt from our experience in scaling up the digital reporting system during an unprecedented public health crisis. The lessons learnt from our experience in Sierra Leone have important implications for designing and implementing similar digital reporting systems for community engagement and community-based surveillance during public health emergencies.Katharine OwenMohammad B JallohPaul SengehMohamed F JallohJamie BedsonSaiku BahAllan OnibaMusa SangarieNyuma JamesSamuel Abu PrattSamuel SesayBMJ Publishing GrouparticleMedicine (General)R5-920Infectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216ENBMJ Global Health, Vol 5, Iss 12 (2020)
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spellingShingle	Medicine (General) R5-920 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Katharine Owen Mohammad B Jalloh Paul Sengeh Mohamed F Jalloh Jamie Bedson Saiku Bah Allan Oniba Musa Sangarie Nyuma James Samuel Abu Pratt Samuel Sesay Integrated digital system for community engagement and community-based surveillance during the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone: lessons for future health emergencies
description	Community engagement and community-based surveillance are essential components of responding to infectious disease outbreaks, but real-time data reporting remains a challenge. In the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, the Social Mobilisation Action Consortium was formed to scale-up structured, data-driven community engagement. The consortium became operational across all 14 districts and supported an expansive network of 2500 community mobilisers, 6000 faith leaders and 42 partner radio stations. The benefit of a more agile digital reporting system became apparent within few months of implementing paper-based reporting given the need to rapidly use the data to inform the fast-evolving epidemic. In this paper, we aim to document the design, deployment and implementation of a digital reporting system used in six high transmission districts. We highlight lessons learnt from our experience in scaling up the digital reporting system during an unprecedented public health crisis. The lessons learnt from our experience in Sierra Leone have important implications for designing and implementing similar digital reporting systems for community engagement and community-based surveillance during public health emergencies.
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author	Katharine Owen Mohammad B Jalloh Paul Sengeh Mohamed F Jalloh Jamie Bedson Saiku Bah Allan Oniba Musa Sangarie Nyuma James Samuel Abu Pratt Samuel Sesay
author_facet	Katharine Owen Mohammad B Jalloh Paul Sengeh Mohamed F Jalloh Jamie Bedson Saiku Bah Allan Oniba Musa Sangarie Nyuma James Samuel Abu Pratt Samuel Sesay
author_sort	Katharine Owen
title	Integrated digital system for community engagement and community-based surveillance during the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone: lessons for future health emergencies
title_short	Integrated digital system for community engagement and community-based surveillance during the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone: lessons for future health emergencies
title_full	Integrated digital system for community engagement and community-based surveillance during the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone: lessons for future health emergencies
title_fullStr	Integrated digital system for community engagement and community-based surveillance during the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone: lessons for future health emergencies
title_full_unstemmed	Integrated digital system for community engagement and community-based surveillance during the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone: lessons for future health emergencies
title_sort	integrated digital system for community engagement and community-based surveillance during the 2014–2016 ebola outbreak in sierra leone: lessons for future health emergencies
publisher	BMJ Publishing Group
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/cead011658f44962a6fdf8a4fd40173b
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Integrated digital system for community engagement and community-based surveillance during the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone: lessons for future health emergencies

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