Abstract Background In sub-Saharan Africa, acute respiratory infections (ARI), acute
gastrointestinal infections (GI) and acute febrile disease of unknown cause (AFDUC) have a …

Existing acute febrile illness (AFI) surveillance systems can be leveraged to identify and
characterize emerging pathogens, such as SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. The US …

Emerging and reemerging infections pose a serious public health threat to most countries of
tropical Africa. In the past decade, epidemics of diseases including cholera, dysentery …

The WHO African region is characterised by the largest infectious disease burden in the
world. We conducted a retrospective descriptive analysis using records of all infectious …

Abstract Background East Africa is home to 170 million people and prone to frequent
outbreaks of viral haemorrhagic fevers and various bacterial diseases. A major challenge is …

Providing health care in sub-Saharan Africa is a complex problem. Recent reports call for
more resources to assist in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases that affect …

West Africa, which consists of 16 countries and one dependency, is geographically situated
with the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south, Middle Africa to the east, and North Africa to …

Severe acute respiratory tract infections (SARIs) has been well described in South Africa
with seasonal patterns described for influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), while …

To the Editor—The recent review by Petti et al.[1] and the editorial commentary by Bates and
Maitland [2] are timely contributions to the literature about the situation regarding inadequate …

Abstract Background The Surveillance Outbreak Response Management and Analysis
System (SORMAS) has been implemented for various infectious diseases since 2015. 2020 …