COVID-19 Highlights a Critical Need for Efficient Health Information Systems for Managing Epidemics of Emerging Infectious Diseases

Front Public Health. 2021 Dec 10:9:767835. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.767835. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Shalini Pooransingh¹, Raisa Abdullah², Stephanie Battersby³, Ramoutar Kercheval⁴

Affiliations

¹ Public Health & Primary Care, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies St. Augustine, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
² Palliative Care Unit, Caura Hospital, Caura, Trinidad and Tobago.
³ Department of Medicine, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mount Hope, Trinidad and Tobago.
⁴ Department of Surgery, San Fernando General Hospital, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; IHR (2005); communicable diseases; health information; public health; surveillance.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Communicable Diseases, Emerging* / epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging* / prevention & control
Epidemics*
Health Information Systems*
Humans
SARS-CoV-2