Mass gathering enhanced syndromic surveillance for the 8th Micronesian Games in 2014, Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia

White, Paul S.; Saketa, Salanieta; Johnson, Eliaser; Gopalani, Sameer Vali; Edward, Eliashib; Loney, Charles; Mercier, Alizé; Toatu, Tebuka; Wojcik, Richard; Lewis, Sheri; Hoy, Damian

doi:10.5365/wpsar.2016.7.4.001

Cited by 11 publications

(25 citation statements)

References 4 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The data collection, reporting and collation process may have been streamlined through the adoption of mobile technology. Mobile technology has been successfully used as part of early warning surveillance in several developing settings [ 42 – 52 ]. Owing to the similarities SI shares with neighbouring Fiji and PNG, special attention should be paid to the work of the WHO (in Fiji) and Rosewell et al (2017) (in PNG) who report national experiences using mobile devices and Global Information Systems for outbreak and infectious-disease surveillance.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhanced surveillance during a public health emergency in a resource-limited setting: Experience from a large dengue outbreak in Solomon Islands, 2016-17

Craig

Joshua²,

Sio³

et al. 2018

PLoS ONE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

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.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhanced surveillance during a public health emergency in a resource-limited setting: Experience from a large dengue outbreak in Solomon Islands, 2016-17

Craig

Joshua²,

Sio³

et al. 2018

PLoS ONE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The Festival of Pacific Arts and the Micronesian Games are a feature of PICTs. 38,39 Although several of the event host countries have a population under 200 000, such as Yap State (population 11 000) in the Federated States of Micronesia that hosted the 9th Micronesia games in July 2018, the health security risks remain the same, and can be proportionally greater, than similar events in larger countries, due to the influx of people and its effect on the fragile health infrastructure of PICTs. Three enhanced surveillance activities for mass gathering events in PICTs occurred during national or regional disease outbreaks that had the potential to severely affect the mass gatherings, place greater strain on health services, and cause substantial tourismrelated economic and reputation loss.…”

Section: The Festival Of Pacific Arts and The Micronesian Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Eighth Micronesian Games took place in Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia, in July, 2014. 38 Pohnpei is a small island state of around 36 000 people in the western Pacific. The Games attracted about 1700 athletes and officials from several Micronesian countris and territories.…”

Section: The Festival Of Pacific Arts and The Micronesian Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mass gatherings medicine: public health issues arising from mass gathering religious and sporting events

Memish

Steffen

White³

et al. 2019

The Lancet

Self Cite

241

184

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Mass gathering events are associated with major public health challenges. The 2014 Lancet Series on the new discipline of mass gatherings medicine was launched at the World Health Assembly of Ministers of Health in Geneva in May, 2014. The Series covered the planning and surveillance systems used to monitor public health risks, public health threats, and experiences of health-care providers from mass gathering events in 2012 and 2013. This follow-up Review focuses on the main public health issues arising from planned mass gathering events held between 2013 and 2018. We highlight public health and research data on transmission of infectious diseases and antibioticresistant bacteria, mass casualty incidents, and non-communicable diseases, including thermal disorders. In the events discussed in this Review, the combination of a large influx of people, many from countries with outbreakprone infectious diseases, with a high degree of crowd interactions imposed substantial burdens on host countries' health systems. The detection and transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in pilgrims attending the Kumbh Mela and the Hajj raise concern of possible globalisation from mass-gathering religious events. Priorities for further investments and opportunities for research into prevention, surveillance, and management of these public health issues are discussed. Search strategy and selection criteriaWe searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar for English language papers that were published from a.zumla@ucl.ac.uk disorders. Priorities for further investments and oppor tunities for research into prevention, surveillance, and management of communicable and noncom municable diseases, thermal disorders, and mass casualty incidents are discussed.

show abstract

“…Injuries were the most common health problems in these MGs. 22,26,27,29,50,59,62 Athletes and participants both were affected by injuries in the sport MGs. During the 2004 Olympic games, the most common site of injuries was the thigh, knee, and lumbar spine, respectively.…”

Section: Sport Mgsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Public Health Threats in Mass Gatherings: A Systematic Review

Karami

Doosti-Irani

Ardalan

et al. 2019

Disaster med. public health prep.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Mass gatherings (MGs) are held throughout the world. The aim of this review was to assess and identify the health threats based on the type of the MG, type of diseases, and injuries. Research platforms such as Web of Science, Medline, and Scopus were searched through June 2017. All epidemiologic studies that investigated the health threats during the MGs, such as communicable diseases, injuries, high-risk behaviors, and environmental health problems, were included in this review. Out of 1264 references, 45 articles were included in the review.Three main types of MGs include religious, festival, and sporting event; and fairs such as trade, book, and agricultural types were also reported in the selected studies. In the religious MGs, infectious diseases were the most common health threat. Road traffic accidents and environmental health problems were additional health threats. At MG sporting events, injuries were the most common health problems. Infectious diseases and alcohol and drug-related disorders were other reported public health concerns. In the festival MGs, alcohol and drug-related problems were commonly reported. This review showed that health threats vary, based on the type of mass gathering. The health organizers of MGs should consider the type of the MG and the health needs and safety of the participants to help them plan their action and provide the needed health care services.

show abstract

Mass gathering enhanced syndromic surveillance for the 8th Micronesian Games in 2014, Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia

Cited by 11 publications

References 4 publications

Enhanced surveillance during a public health emergency in a resource-limited setting: Experience from a large dengue outbreak in Solomon Islands, 2016-17

Enhanced surveillance during a public health emergency in a resource-limited setting: Experience from a large dengue outbreak in Solomon Islands, 2016-17

Mass gatherings medicine: public health issues arising from mass gathering religious and sporting events

Public Health Threats in Mass Gatherings: A Systematic Review

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About