TY - JOUR
T1 - World health organization early warning, alert and response system in the Rohingya crisis, Bangladesh, 2017–2018
AU - Karo, Basel
AU - Haskew, Christopher
AU - Khan, Ali S.
AU - Polonsky, Jonathan A.
AU - Mazhar, Md Khadimul Anam
AU - Buddha, Nilesh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/11
Y1 - 2018/11
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid2411.181237
DO - 10.3201/eid2411.181237
M3 - Article
C2 - 30234479
AN - SCOPUS:85055076364
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 24
SP - 2074
EP - 2076
JO - Emerging infectious diseases
JF - Emerging infectious diseases
IS - 11
ER -