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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 5

Summary of the public health and border health strategies for COVID-19 response adjusted by applying PopCAB results*

Topic DRC Tanzania Uganda
Identify locations or hours of operations for new POE or community-based mobile surveillance sites
 X
X
Prioritize locations, e.g., health facilities or villages, for enhanced surveillance and associated staff trainings and resource allocation
 X
 X
 X
Incorporate additional sectors, e.g., market vendors, in COVID-19 outreach and mitigation measures
 X
 X
 X
Modify risk communication strategies by incorporating more contextually-relevant information and locations with cross-border
X
 X
Adjust the national response plan to include cross-border population movement considerations
 X
X
Tailor border health system lockdown measures
X
Provide provincial and district surveillance and border health officers with data about movement patterns to tailor surveillance
 X
 X
 X
Prioritize cross-border surveillance committees for enhanced action X X X

*PopCAB was performed May 2020–March 2022. POE, point of entry; PopCAB, Population Connectivity Across Borders.

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