Abdou Salam Guèye

Dados Biográficos

ID7014403
NOMEAbdou Salam Guèye
PRENOMESAbdou Salam
SOBRENOMEGuèye
ASSINATURAGUEYE A S
AFILIAÇÕESWorld Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
ORCID0000-0003-4613-4904
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS21
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR21
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2015
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Implementing public health emergency operations centres according to an international framework in Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Senegal

    Open AccessSenait Tekeste Fekadu, Jian Li et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    A public health emergency operations centre (PHEOC) is a hub for effective coordination of information and resources. Countries have established PHEOCs as part of the effort to strengthen their emergency management capabilities. However, there is limited documented evidence of best practices in PHEOC implementation in accordance with the world health organization PHEOC framework. A survey was conducted to document best practices and experiences i…

  • Managing Infodemics in Africa

    Julienne Ngoundoung Anoko, Aminata Grace Kobie et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2026

    The context of COVID-19 in the African continent presents a unique blend of challenges and resilience. Compared to other regions, Africa reported lower case numbers and mortality rates, but it still faced significant health system, economic, and social disruptions. By June 2023, the 47 countries of the WHO African Region had recorded 9.5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and over 175,000 deaths, though under-reporting due to limited testing was li…

  • The regional training centre for the emergency medical teams initiative in the WHO African region

    Open AccessBoniface Oyugi, Lazaro Gilberto Martinez-Monterrey et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: A coherent and systematic approach to education and training of the workforce under the EMT initiative has been identified as an imperative step to improve the quality and professionalism of emergency response teams. On April 14 2021, the WHO and the Ethiopian Ministry of Health (MoH) jointly launched a training centre to enhance the delivery of emergency medical and health services in the continent when faced with humanitarian and ot…

  • The evolutionary journey to a new normal for learning and capacity building of healthcare workers to prepare and respond to health emergencies across Africa

    Open AccessBoukare BONKOUNGOU, Fausta Mosha et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: Faced with the COVID-19 mobility restrictions, the WHO AFRO EPR program pioneered a collaborative initiative with Project ECHO to virtually educate health workers across Africa at scale. This initiative has evolved into a transformative learning journey. This paper aims to present the lessons learned. Results: = 43,221) indicated high relevance and applicability, with 97% of respondents planning to use the information in their work an…

  • Assessing the utility of the Covid-19 epidemic Situations of Concern classification system in guiding operational responses to the pandemic in the WHO African region

    Open AccessOpeayo Ogundiran, Jessica L Abbate et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    During a public health emergency, early implementation of response activities is crucial for saving lives and protecting livelihoods. The COVID-19 pandemic, declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, posed a global public health crisis that required timely decision-making despite limited data and capacity. In this context, WHO’s Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) developed the Situations of Concern (SOC) classification syst…

  • Sovereignty, equity, solidarity

    Open AccessScott F Dowell, Christophe Schmachtel et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    BOX The Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC) offers a novel, structured approach to international crisis response by integrating national, regional and global experts through coordinated networks

  • 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

  • Strengthening and utilizing response groups for emergencies flagship

    Open AccessIshata Nannie M Conteh, Fiona Braka et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) faces members who encounter annual disease epidemics and natural disasters that necessitate immediate deployment and a trained health workforce to respond. The gaps in this regard, further exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, led to conceptualizing the Strengthening and Utilizing Response Group for Emergencies (SURGE) flagship in 2021. This study aimed to present the experience of t…

  • The emergency medical teams initiative in the WHO African region

    Open AccessThierno Balde, Boniface Oyugi et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Background: The WHO Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Initiative coordinates the deployment of qualified medical teams who promptly respond to public health emergencies (PHEs) and provide quality service during emergencies whilst strengthening capacity. Globally, 40 EMTs have been classified between 2016 and the present (as of the writing of this article in December 2023) and are from across all the WHO regions except the WHO Africa Region (AFRO). Ho…

  • 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…

  • Five decades of infectious diseases outbreaks in the African region (1970–2018) a geographic snapshot

    Open AccessRoland Ngom, Abdou Salam Guèye et al.ARTICLESocial Sciences & Humanities Open2023

    This paper is being written at a time when the recent pandemic, namely COVID-19, has shaken the entire world in a manner that has never been seen in modern history. The ecology, socio-economy and weak health systems make Africa an area favorable to the occurrence of various diseases and disease outbreaks. This paper explores forty-eight (48) years of disease outbreaks in the WHO African region of the World Health Organization (WHO). Twenty-five (…

  • 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…

  • A community-based contact isolation strategy to reduce the spread of Ebola virus disease

    Open AccessMory Keïta, Jonathan A Polonsky et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    INTRODUCTION: Despite tremendous progress in the development of diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics for Ebola virus disease (EVD), challenges remain in the implementation of holistic strategies to rapidly curtail outbreaks. We investigated the effectiveness of a community-based contact isolation strategy to limit the spread of the disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). METHODS: We did a quasi-experimental comparison study. Eligible…

  • 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…

  • Investing in preparedness for rapid detection and control of epidemics

    Open AccessMory Keïta, Ambrose Talisuna et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    The 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Epidemic devastated Guinea’s health system and constituted a public health emergency of international concern. Following the crisis, Guinea invested in the establishment of basic health system reforms and crucial legal instruments for strengthening national health security in line with the WHO’s recommendations for ensuring better preparedness for (and, therefore, a response to) health emergenci…

  • Improving global health security through implementation of the National Action Plan for Health Security in Sierra Leone, 2018–2021

    Open AccessCharles Njuguna, Mohamed Vandi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    IHR annual operational planning and implementation using evidence-based data and tools can facilitate strengthening of IHR capacity and should be encouraged

  • Transitioning the Covid-19 response in the WHO African region

    Open AccessThierno Balde, Boniface Oyugi et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    The onset of the pandemic revealed the health system inequities and inadequate preparedness, especially in the African continent. Over the past months, African countries have ensured optimum pandemic response. However, there is still a need to build further resilient health systems that enhance response and transition from the acute phase of the pandemic to the recovery interpandemic/preparedness phase. Guided by the lessons learnt in the respons…

  • Framing the future of the Covid-19 response operations in 2022 in the WHO African region

    Open AccessThierno Balde, Boniface Oyugi et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2022

    BACKGROUND: With the evolving epidemiological parameters of COVID-19 in Africa, the response actions and lessons learnt during the pandemic's past two years, SARS-COV 2 will certainly continue to circulate in African countries in 2022 and beyond. As countries in the African continent need to be more prepared and plan to 'live with the virus' for the upcoming two years and after and at the same time mitigate risks by protecting the future most vul…

  • Belief in Family Planning Myths at the Individual and Community Levels and Modern Contraceptive Use in Urban Africa

    Open AccessAbdou Salam Guèye, Abdou Gueye et al.ARTICLEInternational Perspectives on…2015

    CONTEXT: Negative myths and misconceptions about family planning are a barrier to modern contraceptive use. Most research on the subject has focused on individual beliefs about contraception; however, given that myths spread easily within communities, it is also important to examine how the prevalence of negative myths in a community affects the aggregate level of method use. METHODS: Baseline data collected in 2010-2011 by the Measurement, Learn…