27/08/2025
🌟 Had insightful discussion on EWARS with Rafi Bhai from WHO after the in-person 14th Epidemiology, Case Management, and IPC TWG Meeting, where key partners IOM, UNHCR, MSF, IRC, SCI, BDRCS, BRAC, Friendship, GK, PHD, RTMI, TDH, MedGlobal, MHI, HAEFA, UNICEF including other Partners.
💡 EWARS is a real-time disease surveillance platform covering 33 camps in Cox’s Bazar and 1 camp at Bhasan Char, designed to:
âś… Collect & analyze health data weekly
âś… Detect unusual disease spikes through threshold monitoring.
âś… Generate automated alerts for rapid investigation
âś… Coordinate swift outbreak response with Rapid Response Teams (RRTs)
âś… Monitor epidemic-prone diseases: acute watery diarrhea, ARI, measles, diphtheria, hepatitis, dengue, cholera
âś… Support evidence-based public health decision-making
🚑 This system has been instrumental in controlling major outbreaks like measles, diphtheria, and cholera, while strengthening collaboration among multiple health partners to protect vulnerable populations in one of the world’s largest refugee settings.
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