Cox’s Bazar EWARS System goes national
A new system integration will be used to stop disease outbreaks in their tracks.
Many of the world’s most common diseases can be treated even in low-resource settings. But those treatments aren’t always easily available. That’s why outbreak prevention is key to protecting lives in the displacement camps of Cox’s Bazar.
The Early Warning, Alert and Response System (EWARS) has helped the health sector stay ahead of threats since 2017. In partnership with the Government of Bangladesh and UNICEF, WHO leads the integration of EWARS with the District Health Information Software (DHIS2) platform? The integration ensures closer collaboration on disease prevention and detection. Government health specialists will have ongoing access to EWARS data, giving them a strong picture of the health situation in the Cox’s Bazar displacement camps.
Alongside the integration, WHO trains health-sector partners to report on health threats? Delawar Hossain, Statistician in Charge at Eidgaon Health DGHS Sub-centre, attended the EWARS training on July 20, 2022. He said, “all through the sessions, I’ve learned about the EWARS app—how to do reporting, how to edit reports using the laptop and a few other aspects of EWARS…If EWARS is used in all the localities in Cox’s Bazar, the local population will benefit through the early detection of any outbreak.”
Delawar Hossain listens intently to a presentation on the EWARS platform. Photo credit: WHO/James Carmichael
