Pertussis outbreak in southern Ethiopia

Challenges of detection, management, and response

Bibliographic Data

ID15380966
AuthorsAychiluhim Damtew Mitiku (Ethiopian Public Health Institute, corresponding author), Mesele Damte Argaw (0000-0002-9558-6619, Ethiopian Public Health Institute), Binyam Fekadu Desta (0000-0002-2146-9516, Ethiopian Public Health Institute), Zergu Taffesse Tsegaye (Ethiopian Public Health Institute), Afework Ayele Atsa (Amhara Regional Health Bureau), Bekele Belayihun Tefera (0000-0002-7213-0539, International Trachoma Initiative), Ephrem Teferi (Ethiopian Public Health Institute), Deirdre Rogers, Ismael Ali Beshir (0000-0003-2334-6787, Ethiopian Public Health Institute), Asrat Alemu (Ethiopian Public Health Institute), Asrat G Alemu, Desta A Ayesa (Ethiopian Public Health Institute), Derebe Tadesse Abate (Ethiopian Public Health Institute), Agegnehu G Sendeku (Ethiopian Public Health Institute), Rudzani Muloiwa (0000-0002-4527-0827, University of Cape Town)
Year2020
Volume20
Issue1
Pages1223-1223
Publication date2020-08-11
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-020-09303-2
PMID32781999
OpenAlexW3048532400
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited23

There is an urgent need to build capacity to strengthen routine vaccination services and improve the maintenance of the vaccine cold chain. Other LMICs are urged to take lessons learned from this outbreak to strengthen their own vaccination programs and capacitate health workers to manage local outbreaks

Attack rate · Biostatistics · Case fatality rate · Environmental health · Outbreak · Pathology · Population · Public health · Vaccination · Whooping cough · Bacterial Infections and Vaccines · Medicine · Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics · Virology

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