Health workers trained on electronic disease early warning surveillance systems
29 March 2018 – WHO concluded a 4-day training workshop today for Somalia’s disease surveillance officers on the use of the newly updated electronic platform for disease early warning systems (EWARN), in order to improve the national capacity to detect health threats in real-time, and respond quickly to public health threats across the country.
The workshop was held at WHO premises in the capital, Mogadishu, from 25 to 28 March 2018, and was attended by health surveillance officers from 11 regions who received training on the principles of epidemic disease surveillance and response, alert verification, rapid response activities, and reporting of alerts to capture, analyse, and share EWARN data in real-time using mobile networks and smart technologies.