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Volume 28, Supplement—December 2022
SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
Surveillance

Using Population Mobility Patterns to Adapt COVID-19 Response Strategies in 3 East Africa Countries

Rebecca D. MerrillComments to Author , Fadhili Kilamile, Mwabi White, Daniel Eurien, Kanan Mehta, Joseph Ojwang, Marianne Laurent-Comlan, Peter Ahabwe Babigumira, Lydia Nakiire, Alexandra Boos, Wangeci Gatei, Julie R. Harris, Alain Magazani, Felix Ocom, Robert Ssekubugu, Godfrey Kigozi, Florent Senyana, Francis B. Iyese, Peter James Elyanu, Sarah Ward, Issa Makumbi, Allan Muruta, Elvira McIntyre, Khalid Massa, Alex R. Ario, Harriet Mayinja, Kakulu Remidius, and Dede N. Ndungi
Author affiliations: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (R.D. Merrill, K. Mehta, J. Ojwang, W. Gatei, J.R. Harris, S. Ward); Tanzania Ministry of Health, Dodoma, Tanzania (F. Kilamile, K. Massa, K. Remidius); Democratic Republic of the Congo Ministry of Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (M. White, F.B. Iyese, D.N. Ndungi); Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation Uganda, Kampala, Uganda (D. Eurien, P.J. Elyanu); Bizzell Group, Kinshasa (M. Laurent-Comlan, F. Senyana); Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala (P.A. Babigumira, L. Nakiire); Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (A. Boos, E. McIntyre); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (W. Gatei); African Field Epidemiology Network, Kinshasa (A. Magazani); Uganda Ministry of Health, Kampala (F. Ocum, I. Makumbi, A. Muruta, H. Mayinja); Rakai Health Sciences Program, Kalisizo, Uganda (R. Ssekubugu, G. Kigozi); National Public Health Institute, Kampala (A.R. Ario)

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Table 3

Components of the Population Connectivity Across Borders preparation phase decisions in 2 cross-border national pairs to inform COVID-19 response measures, May 2020–March 2022*

Component Binational: DRC and Uganda Binational: DRC and Tanzania
Implementation lead
 DRC PNHF, Uganda MOH
 DRC PNHF, Tanzania MOH Port Health
Partnerships
 US CDC, AFENET, Baylor Uganda, IDI, Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program
 CDC, AFENET
Team members
 National and district health and public health leadership
 National and district health and public health leadership
Objectives Identify similarities and differences in prioritized POE and border regions along shared border Identify similarities and differences in prioritized points of entry and border regions along shared border
Characterize cross-border movement to inform cross-border collaboration strategies
 Characterize cross-border movement to inform cross-border collaboration strategies
Priority geographic areas
 Shared DRC and Uganda border
 Shared DRC and Tanzania border
Priority population groups
 Cross-border mobile populations
 Cross-border mobile populations
First implemented for COVID-19 response September 2021 March 2022

*AFENET, African Field Epidemiology Network; CDC, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; FELTP, Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program; FETP, Field Epidemiology Training Program; IDI, Infectious Diseases Institute; PNHF, Programme National d’Hygiène aux frontiers (National Border Health Program); POC, point of control; POE, point of entry; PopCAB, Population Connectivity Across Borders.

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