COVID-19 pandemic response and Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programs in ECOWAS.
COVID-19 pandemic
ECOWAS
field epidemiology and laboratory training programme
lessons learnt
Journal
The Pan African medical journal
ISSN: 1937-8688
Titre abrégé: Pan Afr Med J
Pays: Uganda
ID NLM: 101517926
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2024
2024
Historique:
received:
26
12
2023
accepted:
08
03
2024
medline:
17
9
2024
pubmed:
17
9
2024
entrez:
16
9
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The COVID-19 pandemic has been persistent with a huge demand for human health resources which is a vital component of its preparedness and response. Globally, the public health workforce through field epidemiology and laboratory training programme (FELTP) has been instrumental to global health security. We determined the status of FELTP in the region and its contributions to the COVID-19 pandemic response in the ECOWAS region. We conducted a desk review, shared a questionnaire among member states and organized a two-day online regional consultative meeting on field epidemiology training on 30
Identifiants
pubmed: 39280815
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2024.48.49.42504
pii: PAMJ-48-49
pmc: PMC11399452
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
49Informations de copyright
Copyright: Virgil Kuassi Lokossou et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no competing interests.