ArticlePloS one2018
Enhanced surveillance during a public health emergency in a resource-limited setting: Experience from a large dengue outbreak in Solomon Islands, 2016-17.
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- Trend and enhanced surveillance of Monkeypox during COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.Journal of public health in Africa · 2022Article
- Seroprevalence of dengue, Zika, chikungunya and Ross River viruses across the Solomon Islands.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Arboviral Disease Outbreaks in the Pacific Islands Countries and Areas, 2014 to 2020: A Systematic Literature and Document Review.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Citizen science as a tool for arboviral vector surveillance in a resourced-constrained setting: results of a pilot study in Honiara, Solomon Islands, 2019.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Interactions between timing and transmissibility explain diverse flavivirus dynamics in Fiji.Nature communications · 2021Article
- Risk of COVID-19 importation to the Pacific islands through global air travel.Epidemiology and infection · 2020Article
- Multiple arboviral infections during a DENV-2 outbreak in Solomon Islands.Tropical medicine and health · 2020Article
- Climate Change, Health and Mosquito-Borne Diseases: Trends and Implications to the Pacific Region.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Review
- Epidemic surveillance in a low resource setting: lessons from an evaluation of the Solomon Islands syndromic surveillance system, 2017.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Epidemiology of dengue reported in the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Region, 2013-2019.Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSARArticle
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Abstract
Between August-2016 and April-2017, Solomon Islands experienced the largest and longest-running dengue outbreak on record in the country, with 12,329 suspected cases, 877 hospitalisations and 16 deaths. We conducted a retrospective review of related data and documents, and conducted key informant interviews to characterise the event and investigate the adaptability of syndromic surveillance for enhanced and expanded data collection during a public health emergency in a low resource country setting. While the outbreak quickly consumed available public and clinical resources, we found that authorities were able to scale up the conventional national syndrome-based early warning surveillance system to support the increased information demands during the event demonstrating the flexibility of the system and syndromic surveillance more broadly. Challenges in scaling up included upskilling and assisting staff with no previous experience of the tasks required; managing large volumes of data; maintaining data quality for the duration of the outbreak; harmonising routine and enhanced surveillance data and maintaining surveillance for other diseases; producing information optimally useful for response planning; and managing staff fatigue. Solomon Islands, along with other countries of the region remains vulnerable to outbreaks of dengue and other communicable diseases. Ensuring surveillance systems are robust and able to adapt to changing demands during emergencies should be a health protection priority.
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