Svetla Tsolova
Biographic Data
| ID | 6805430 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Svetla Tsolova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Svetla |
| FAMILY NAME | Tsolova |
| SIGNATURE | TSOLOVA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1359-2503 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Improving health sector coordination for resilient healthcare systems
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of integrating the concepts of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and health system resilience, emphasizing the role of coordination across sectors, which is essential for ensuring that systems can respond effectively to public health threats and manage resources efficiently. This paper aims to summarize the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic among European Union Member Stat…
The European experience with testing and surveillance during the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 pandemic provides a unique opportunity to learn the challenges encountered by public health emergency preparedness systems, both in terms of problems encountered and adaptations during and after the first wave, as well as successful responses to them. RESULTS: This work draws on published literature, interviews with countries and institutional documents as part of a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control project t…
Assessing public health emergency preparedness
Assessing public health emergency preparedness (PHEP) can help monitor and improve systems' capacities and capabilities. Yet, measuring preparedness is a complex process and available assessment approaches have numerous limitations. To review gaps and strengths of current assessment tools and methods, a scoping review was conducted based on peer-assessed and grey literature published between 2013 and 2019 describing PHEP assessments. A total of 3…
Public health preparedness and response synergies between institutional authorities and the community
A set of good practices emerged from this study, that could be applied in these and other settings. They included the potential value of conducting stakeholder analyses of community actors with a stake in tick-borne or other zoonotic diseases; of utilising pre-existing stakeholder networks for information dissemination; and of monitoring community perceptions of any public health incident, including through social media. Efforts in the two countr…
To what extent does evidence support decision making during infectious disease outbreaks? A scoping literature review
Background: Infectious disease outbreaks require decision makers to make rapid decisions under time pressure and situations of scientific uncertainty, and yet the role of evidence usage in these contexts is poorly understood. Aims and objectives: To define and contextualise the role of scientific evidence in the governance of infectious disease outbreaks and to identify recommendations for overcoming common barriers to evidence-informed decision …
Health system factors influencing management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in four European Union countries - learning from country experiences
We suggest that the following actions may improve the success of treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients: deployment of rapid molecular diagnostic tests; development of context-specific treatment guidance and criteria for hospital admission and discharge in the European context; strengthening patient-centred approaches; development of collaborative mechanisms to ensure cross-border care, and development of long-term sustainable fi…
The interconnected and cross-border nature of risks posed by infectious diseases
Infectious diseases can constitute public health emergencies of international concern when a pathogen arises, acquires new characteristics, or is deliberately released, leading to the potential for loss of human lives as well as societal disruption. A wide range of risk drivers are now known to lead to and/or exacerbate the emergence and spread of infectious disease, including global trade and travel, the overuse of antibiotics, intensive agricul…
To what extent does evidence support decision making during infectious disease outbreaks? A scoping literature review
Background: Infectious disease outbreaks require decision makers to make rapid decisions under time pressure and situations of scientific uncertainty, and yet the role of evidence usage in these contexts is poorly understood. Aims and objectives: To define and contextualise the role of scientific evidence in the governance of infectious disease outbreaks and to identify recommendations for overcoming common barriers to evidence-informed decision …
The interconnected and cross-border nature of risks posed by infectious diseases
Infectious diseases can constitute public health emergencies of international concern when a pathogen arises, acquires new characteristics, or is deliberately released, leading to the potential for loss of human lives as well as societal disruption. A wide range of risk drivers are now known to lead to and/or exacerbate the emergence and spread of infectious disease, including global trade and travel, the overuse of antibiotics, intensive agricul…
Health system factors influencing management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in four European Union countries - learning from country experiences
We suggest that the following actions may improve the success of treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients: deployment of rapid molecular diagnostic tests; development of context-specific treatment guidance and criteria for hospital admission and discharge in the European context; strengthening patient-centred approaches; development of collaborative mechanisms to ensure cross-border care, and development of long-term sustainable fi…
To what extent does evidence support decision making during infectious disease outbreaks? A scoping literature review
Background: Infectious disease outbreaks require decision makers to make rapid decisions under time pressure and situations of scientific uncertainty, and yet the role of evidence usage in these contexts is poorly understood. Aims and objectives: To define and contextualise the role of scientific evidence in the governance of infectious disease outbreaks and to identify recommendations for overcoming common barriers to evidence-informed decision …
Assessing public health emergency preparedness
Assessing public health emergency preparedness (PHEP) can help monitor and improve systems' capacities and capabilities. Yet, measuring preparedness is a complex process and available assessment approaches have numerous limitations. To review gaps and strengths of current assessment tools and methods, a scoping review was conducted based on peer-assessed and grey literature published between 2013 and 2019 describing PHEP assessments. A total of 3…
Public health preparedness and response synergies between institutional authorities and the community
A set of good practices emerged from this study, that could be applied in these and other settings. They included the potential value of conducting stakeholder analyses of community actors with a stake in tick-borne or other zoonotic diseases; of utilising pre-existing stakeholder networks for information dissemination; and of monitoring community perceptions of any public health incident, including through social media. Efforts in the two countr…
The European experience with testing and surveillance during the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 pandemic provides a unique opportunity to learn the challenges encountered by public health emergency preparedness systems, both in terms of problems encountered and adaptations during and after the first wave, as well as successful responses to them. RESULTS: This work draws on published literature, interviews with countries and institutional documents as part of a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control project t…
Improving health sector coordination for resilient healthcare systems
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of integrating the concepts of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and health system resilience, emphasizing the role of coordination across sectors, which is essential for ensuring that systems can respond effectively to public health threats and manage resources efficiently. This paper aims to summarize the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic among European Union Member Stat…
Medicine (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Outbreak (3 works) · Pathology (3 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (2 works)