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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Trop. Dis.
Sec. Neglected Tropical Diseases
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fitd.2025.1516101
This article is part of the Research Topic Enhancing Global Access to Diagnostic Tools for Emerging Tropical Diseases in Resource-Limited Settings View all articles
After action review: preparedness and response to the dengue epidemic in 2023 in the Centre region, Burkina Faso
Provisionally accepted- 1 Institut National de Santé Publique (Burkina Faso), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- 2 SERSAP Sarl, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- 3 Health Ministry ( Burkina Faso), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
This study intends to learn lessons quickly from the dengue epidemic of 2023 in Burkina Faso for better preparation for future health emergencies. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted from April to May 2024. The technical functions to be explored were coordination, case management, epidemiological surveillance, risk communication and community engagement, vector management, laboratory and logistics. The members of the after action review were selected according to a reasoned process to document best practice and gaps, and to formulate key recommendations.The workshops reported that the level of preparedness was good and the response was adequate compared with epidemics in previous years. Gaps were observed mainly in terms of leadership in planning and resource mobilization. All the recommendations arising from this review were discussed and the main ones retained in order to strengthen the system's response capacity.As this study is an internal evaluation, it would be interesting to combine it with an external evaluation to analyze the structuring of the response mechanism, its operation and the effectiveness of interventions.
Keywords: After Action Review, Dengue Epidemic, preparedness, response, Burkina Faso
Received: 23 Oct 2024; Accepted: 18 Feb 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Lissy Eric Parfait Ouattara, SERSAP Sarl, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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