A Knowledge Management System for health emergencies

Facilitating knowledge continuity and timely decision-making for frontline responders using experiential knowledge captured during action reviews

Bibliographic Data

ID22069295
AuthorsLandry Ndriko Mayigane (0000-0002-0043-8040, World Health Organization, corresponding author), Barbara Burmen (0000-0002-4382-2747, World Health Organization), Armand Mbanya (0000-0003-3542-7664, World Health Organization), Elliot Brennan (0000-0002-4156-4297, World Health Organization), Candice Vente (0000-0003-4061-7665, World Health Organization), Liviu Vedrasco (0000-0003-2161-0548, World Health Organization), Stella Chungong (World Health Organization)
Year2024
Volume12
Pages1427223-1427223
Publication date2024-08-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2024.1427223
PMID39257953
OpenAlexW4401930456
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited25

IHR). Learning from past public health emergencies Nonetheless, knowledge from past emergencies and epidemics facilitated a rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in its early phases, in some countries.Countries adjusted their policies based on past crises, such as the EVD outbreak in West Africa, the cholera outbreak in Haiti, the MERS and SARS outbreaks, and the H1N1 pandemic (5).Countries used any available knowledge to adapt their responses to programmatic and operational considerations brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.For example, the pandemic influenza preparedness and response plan, developed and implemented before the COVID-19 crisis, was decisive in early country-level responses (6)

Experiential knowledge · Experiential learning · Knowledge management · Big Data and Business Intelligence · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Knowledge Management and Technology · Medicine · Psychology