Health emergency operation centers implementation challenges in Africa
Pan Afr. med. j
;
33(171)2019.
Article
in English
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| ID: biblio-1268568
ABSTRACT
The African continent faced to many public health events. An effective organization is the key element for managing public health events. Health Emergency Operations Centers (HEOC) are strategic bodies that can help control such situations. We would like to share our experience about the HEOC implementation in Senegal, which is among the first in Africa while highlighting the challenges we have the HEOC concept is quite common in other continents, it is an innovation in Africa. And yet, Africa is the most affected by emergency situations and disasters and very few of its country possess HEOC. Consequently, emergency and disaster management interventions are done in a nonsystematic manner. The comprehension of the concept, the mission and organization need to be well understood for setting up a HEOC the added value of HEOC is great for African country to face public health events
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Index:
AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Africa
/
Emergency Medical Services
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
Pan Afr. med. j
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
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