Etien Luc Koua

Datos Biográficos

ID7774453
NOMBREEtien Luc Koua
NOMBRESEtien Luc
APELLIDOKoua
FIRMAKOUA E L
AFILIACIONESWorld Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2023
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Exploring the burden of cholera in the WHO African region

    Open AccessEtien Luc Koua, Fleury Moussana et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: Cholera outbreaks remain persistent in the WHO African region, with an increased trend in recent years. This study analyses actual drivers of cholera including correlations with water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) indicators, and climate change trends. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional descriptive and analytic study. Cholera data from 2000 to 2023 and data relating to cholera drivers were compiled and analysed through multi-leve…

  • An assessment of the progress made in the implementation of the regional framework for cholera prevention and control in the WHO African region

    Open AccessFred Kapaya, Mory Keïta et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    High-burden cholera outbreaks, spreading beyond the traditional cholera-endemic countries, have been reported since 2021 in the WHO African region. Member states in the region have committed to the global goal of cholera elimination by 2030. To track progress towards this goal, WHO-African countries adopted a regional cholera prevention and control framework in 2018. This study reports on 27 countries’ 5-year achievements in implementing the chol…

  • Evaluation of the epidemic intelligence from open sources (Eios) system for the early detection of outbreaks and health emergencies in the African region

    Open AccessGeorge Sie Williams, Etien Luc Koua et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    We conclude that the EIOS system performed well in detecting public health events in the African region early. However, some improvements are needed. We recommend increasing social media and local community radio sources on the EIOS system

  • Feasibility of introducing integrated disease surveillance and response into curricula of public health training institutions in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessCharles Njuguna, Abdul Mbawa et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Introduction: Response to public health emergencies is a big challenge in African countries due to inadequate workforce. Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) is a strategy implemented by African member states of WHO to strengthen capacity for disease surveillance and response at all levels. Despite successful implementation of IDSR in most countries, one of the challenges that persists is that of inadequate trained workforce compet…

  • A step towards reinvigorating the Covid-19 response

    Open AccessThierno Balde, Boniface Oyugi et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    The WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) COVID-19 Incident Management Support Team (IMST) was first established on 21 January 2020 to coordinate the response to the pandemic in line with the Emergency Response Framework and has undergone three modifications based on intra-action reviews (IAR). An IAR of the WHO AFRO COVID-19 IMST was conducted to document best practices, challenges, lessons learnt and areas for improvement from the start of 2021…

  • Trends in public health emergencies in the WHO African Region

    Open AccessEtien Luc Koua, Jobert Richie Nansseu Njingang et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    The African Region reports the heaviest burden of public health emergencies globally. This paper presents an exploratory analysis of public health events data collected the past 22 years in the WHO Africa region, to explore patterns and trends that can inform public health strategies, policy changes and develop appropriate tools to improve disease surveillance, preparedness and response to public health emergencies. A suite of exploratory data an…