Building capacity for birth defects surveillance in Africa: Implementation of an intermediate birth defects surveillance workshop

Autores
Flores, Alina; Valencia, Diana; Sekkarie, Ahlia; Hillard, Cristina L.; Williams, Jennifer; Groisman, Boris; Botto, Lorenzo D.; Peña Rosas, Juan Pablo; Bauwens, Lieven; Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
Each year around the world, it is estimated that 300,000 neonates are born with a neural tube defect. Many countries, however, are still lacking comprehensive birth defects surveillance registries. Comprehensive birth defects surveillance systems can help countries understand the magnitude and distribution of the problem. These systems can also provide information about biological, contextual, social and environmental determinants of birth defects. This information in turn can be used to identify effective and implementable solutions, and to evaluate prevention and management strategies to improve quality performance. This paper summarizes the development and implementation of an online pre-course training and in-person surveillance workshop conducted between 2014 December and 2015 March for representatives from six African countries. Feedback given by participants provided valuable lessons learned that can be applied to subsequent trainings and workshops.
Fil: Flores, Alina. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Estados Unidos. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos
Fil: Valencia, Diana. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Estados Unidos
Fil: Sekkarie, Ahlia. Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education; Estados Unidos
Fil: Hillard, Cristina L.. Carter Consulting, Inc.; Estados Unidos
Fil: Williams, Jennifer. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Estados Unidos
Fil: Groisman, Boris. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Dirección Nacional de Instituto de Investigación. Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud ; Argentina
Fil: Botto, Lorenzo D.. University of Utah; Estados Unidos
Fil: Peña Rosas, Juan Pablo. Organizacion Mundial de la Salud; Argentina
Fil: Bauwens, Lieven. International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus; Bélgica
Fil: Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo. Coordinating Centre of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research; Italia
Materia
SURVEILLANCE
BIRTH DEFECTS
AFRICA
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
Condiciones de uso
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
Repositorio
CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Institución
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
OAI Identificador
oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/67460

id CONICETDig_6df4a5c7b7ca9f51ae614972b52801a2
oai_identifier_str oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/67460
network_acronym_str CONICETDig
repository_id_str 3498
network_name_str CONICET Digital (CONICET)
spelling Building capacity for birth defects surveillance in Africa: Implementation of an intermediate birth defects surveillance workshopFlores, AlinaValencia, DianaSekkarie, AhliaHillard, Cristina L.Williams, JenniferGroisman, BorisBotto, Lorenzo D.Peña Rosas, Juan PabloBauwens, LievenMastroiacovo, PierpaoloSURVEILLANCEBIRTH DEFECTSAFRICAhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3Each year around the world, it is estimated that 300,000 neonates are born with a neural tube defect. Many countries, however, are still lacking comprehensive birth defects surveillance registries. Comprehensive birth defects surveillance systems can help countries understand the magnitude and distribution of the problem. These systems can also provide information about biological, contextual, social and environmental determinants of birth defects. This information in turn can be used to identify effective and implementable solutions, and to evaluate prevention and management strategies to improve quality performance. This paper summarizes the development and implementation of an online pre-course training and in-person surveillance workshop conducted between 2014 December and 2015 March for representatives from six African countries. Feedback given by participants provided valuable lessons learned that can be applied to subsequent trainings and workshops.Fil: Flores, Alina. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Estados Unidos. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados UnidosFil: Valencia, Diana. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Estados UnidosFil: Sekkarie, Ahlia. Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education; Estados UnidosFil: Hillard, Cristina L.. Carter Consulting, Inc.; Estados UnidosFil: Williams, Jennifer. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Estados UnidosFil: Groisman, Boris. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Dirección Nacional de Instituto de Investigación. Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud ; ArgentinaFil: Botto, Lorenzo D.. University of Utah; Estados UnidosFil: Peña Rosas, Juan Pablo. Organizacion Mundial de la Salud; ArgentinaFil: Bauwens, Lieven. International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus; BélgicaFil: Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo. Coordinating Centre of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research; ItaliaFirst Aid WorldWide2015-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/67460Flores, Alina; Valencia, Diana; Sekkarie, Ahlia; Hillard, Cristina L.; Williams, Jennifer; et al.; Building capacity for birth defects surveillance in Africa: Implementation of an intermediate birth defects surveillance workshop; First Aid WorldWide; Journal Global Health Perspectives; 12-2015; 1-192167-5570CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://jglobalhealth.org/article/building-capacity-for-birth-defects-surveillance-in-africa-implementation-of-an-intermediate-birth-defects-surveillance-workshop/info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4706176/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:40:14Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/67460instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:40:14.325CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Building capacity for birth defects surveillance in Africa: Implementation of an intermediate birth defects surveillance workshop
title Building capacity for birth defects surveillance in Africa: Implementation of an intermediate birth defects surveillance workshop
spellingShingle Building capacity for birth defects surveillance in Africa: Implementation of an intermediate birth defects surveillance workshop
Flores, Alina
SURVEILLANCE
BIRTH DEFECTS
AFRICA
title_short Building capacity for birth defects surveillance in Africa: Implementation of an intermediate birth defects surveillance workshop
title_full Building capacity for birth defects surveillance in Africa: Implementation of an intermediate birth defects surveillance workshop
title_fullStr Building capacity for birth defects surveillance in Africa: Implementation of an intermediate birth defects surveillance workshop
title_full_unstemmed Building capacity for birth defects surveillance in Africa: Implementation of an intermediate birth defects surveillance workshop
title_sort Building capacity for birth defects surveillance in Africa: Implementation of an intermediate birth defects surveillance workshop
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Flores, Alina
Valencia, Diana
Sekkarie, Ahlia
Hillard, Cristina L.
Williams, Jennifer
Groisman, Boris
Botto, Lorenzo D.
Peña Rosas, Juan Pablo
Bauwens, Lieven
Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo
author Flores, Alina
author_facet Flores, Alina
Valencia, Diana
Sekkarie, Ahlia
Hillard, Cristina L.
Williams, Jennifer
Groisman, Boris
Botto, Lorenzo D.
Peña Rosas, Juan Pablo
Bauwens, Lieven
Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo
author_role author
author2 Valencia, Diana
Sekkarie, Ahlia
Hillard, Cristina L.
Williams, Jennifer
Groisman, Boris
Botto, Lorenzo D.
Peña Rosas, Juan Pablo
Bauwens, Lieven
Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv SURVEILLANCE
BIRTH DEFECTS
AFRICA
topic SURVEILLANCE
BIRTH DEFECTS
AFRICA
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Each year around the world, it is estimated that 300,000 neonates are born with a neural tube defect. Many countries, however, are still lacking comprehensive birth defects surveillance registries. Comprehensive birth defects surveillance systems can help countries understand the magnitude and distribution of the problem. These systems can also provide information about biological, contextual, social and environmental determinants of birth defects. This information in turn can be used to identify effective and implementable solutions, and to evaluate prevention and management strategies to improve quality performance. This paper summarizes the development and implementation of an online pre-course training and in-person surveillance workshop conducted between 2014 December and 2015 March for representatives from six African countries. Feedback given by participants provided valuable lessons learned that can be applied to subsequent trainings and workshops.
Fil: Flores, Alina. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Estados Unidos. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos
Fil: Valencia, Diana. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Estados Unidos
Fil: Sekkarie, Ahlia. Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education; Estados Unidos
Fil: Hillard, Cristina L.. Carter Consulting, Inc.; Estados Unidos
Fil: Williams, Jennifer. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Estados Unidos. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Estados Unidos
Fil: Groisman, Boris. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Dirección Nacional de Instituto de Investigación. Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud ; Argentina
Fil: Botto, Lorenzo D.. University of Utah; Estados Unidos
Fil: Peña Rosas, Juan Pablo. Organizacion Mundial de la Salud; Argentina
Fil: Bauwens, Lieven. International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus; Bélgica
Fil: Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo. Coordinating Centre of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research; Italia
description Each year around the world, it is estimated that 300,000 neonates are born with a neural tube defect. Many countries, however, are still lacking comprehensive birth defects surveillance registries. Comprehensive birth defects surveillance systems can help countries understand the magnitude and distribution of the problem. These systems can also provide information about biological, contextual, social and environmental determinants of birth defects. This information in turn can be used to identify effective and implementable solutions, and to evaluate prevention and management strategies to improve quality performance. This paper summarizes the development and implementation of an online pre-course training and in-person surveillance workshop conducted between 2014 December and 2015 March for representatives from six African countries. Feedback given by participants provided valuable lessons learned that can be applied to subsequent trainings and workshops.
publishDate 2015
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2015-12
dc.type.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
info:ar-repo/semantics/articulo
format article
status_str publishedVersion
dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/11336/67460
Flores, Alina; Valencia, Diana; Sekkarie, Ahlia; Hillard, Cristina L.; Williams, Jennifer; et al.; Building capacity for birth defects surveillance in Africa: Implementation of an intermediate birth defects surveillance workshop; First Aid WorldWide; Journal Global Health Perspectives; 12-2015; 1-19
2167-5570
CONICET Digital
CONICET
url http://hdl.handle.net/11336/67460
identifier_str_mv Flores, Alina; Valencia, Diana; Sekkarie, Ahlia; Hillard, Cristina L.; Williams, Jennifer; et al.; Building capacity for birth defects surveillance in Africa: Implementation of an intermediate birth defects surveillance workshop; First Aid WorldWide; Journal Global Health Perspectives; 12-2015; 1-19
2167-5570
CONICET Digital
CONICET
dc.language.none.fl_str_mv eng
language eng
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://jglobalhealth.org/article/building-capacity-for-birth-defects-surveillance-in-africa-implementation-of-an-intermediate-birth-defects-surveillance-workshop/
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4706176/
dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
rights_invalid_str_mv https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv application/pdf
application/pdf
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv First Aid WorldWide
publisher.none.fl_str_mv First Aid WorldWide
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
reponame_str CONICET Digital (CONICET)
collection CONICET Digital (CONICET)
instname_str Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
repository.name.fl_str_mv CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
repository.mail.fl_str_mv dasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.ar
_version_ 1844614429537206272
score 13.070432