Political stigma of communicable diseases in complex emergencies.

Saverio Bellizzi,Catello Mario Panu Napodano,Giuseppe Pichierri,Luca Cegolon,Paola Murgia,Gabriele Farina,Quique Bassat,Osama Ali Maher

doi:10.3855/jidc.14056

Abstract

Political stigma of communicable diseases in complex emergencies.

Highlights

Saverio Bellizzi1, Quique Bassat2,3,4,5, Giuseppe Pichierri6, Luca Cegolon7, Catello Panu Napodano8, Gabriele Farina8, Paola Murgia8, Osama Ali Maher9
In 2018, after the massive cholera epidemic affecting Yemen since the year 2016 had caused over one million suspected cases, the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health conducted an exercise to draw on the lessons learned from the biggest Cholera outbreak recorded in modern history
Among possible reasons for such an inflated number of suspected cases was the lack of tools for confirmation of cases, including the systematic use of laboratory means, whether Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) or culture confirmation

Summary

Introduction

Saverio Bellizzi1, Quique Bassat2,3,4,5, Giuseppe Pichierri6, Luca Cegolon7, Catello Panu Napodano8, Gabriele Farina8, Paola Murgia8, Osama Ali Maher9. In 2018, after the massive cholera epidemic affecting Yemen since the year 2016 had caused over one million suspected cases, the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health conducted an exercise to draw on the lessons learned from the biggest Cholera outbreak recorded in modern history. One of the major findings of the report was that the large number of suspected cases notified was likely much higher than the actual number matching the Cholera suspect case definition [1].

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