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ReviewJournal of research in health sciences2021

Iran COVID-19 Epidemiology Committee: A Review of Missions, Structures, Achievements, and Challenges.

Shahin Amiri, Aliakbar Haghdoost, Ehsan Mostafavi, Hamid Sharifi, Niloofar Peykari, Ahmad Raeisi, Mohammad Assai Ardakani, Mohsen Asadi Lari, Hamid Soori, Afshin Ostovar and 6 more

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Review in Journal of research in health sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Shahin AmiriBiotechnology Research Center, Medical Biotechnology Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Aliakbar HaghdoostHIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Ehsan MostafaviDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Hamid SharifiHIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Niloofar PeykariDevelopment of Research and Technology Center, Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
Ahmad RaeisiDepartment of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Assai ArdakaniMinistry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
Mohsen Asadi LariDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hamid SooriSafety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Afshin OstovarOsteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Babak EshratiPreventive Medicine and Public Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Mehdi GouyaCenter for Control of Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
Mahshid NasehiDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Seyed Mahdi TabatabaeiHealth Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Manzar AmirkhaniNational Committee of COVID-19 Epidemiology, Deputy of Education, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
Sana EybpooshDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran. sana.eybpoosh@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSince the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in Iran, the control and management of the epidemic were headed by the National Headquarter for the Control of COVID-19 Epidemic through setting up different scientific committees, including the COVID-19 National Epidemiology Committee. The present study reviews the missions, structures, achievements, and challenges of the Epidemiology Committee. STUDY

designA rapid review .

methodsAll relevant reports, documents, guidelines, published literature, and surveillance data related to the establishment, visions, missions, roles, activities, and outputs of the COVID-19 Epidemiology Committee were critically reviewed in this study.

resultsThe efforts of the committee's working groups may have impacted improvements in data registration/usage, provincial data quality at provincial levels, and perception of the epidemic situation in the provinces. The committees have also played role in informing the policies in different stages of the epidemic through routine or problem-based data/evidence analyses, epidemic investigations, and mathematical modeling.

conclusionThe structure and experience gained by the committee can be used in similar situations within and outside the country. To further improve the impacts of our activities, it is essential to have effective interaction, collaboration, and data flow between the committee and a broad range of organizations within and outside the Ministry of Health and Medical Education.

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Organizational ObjectivesAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCOVID-19EpidemicsFemaleHumansIranMaleMiddle AgedPreventive MedicineCommittee MembershipCOVID-19EpidemiologyIranPandemics

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