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medicalxpress.com · 2026-09-19
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West African scientists warn of weakening health systems and urge stronger outbreak detection
medicalxpress.com · 2026-09-19
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Claim 1 of 5Not checkedWest African laboratory scientists called on governments to strengthen capacity to detect disease outbreaks to avoid another major outbreak, saying health systems across the region are becoming weaker.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 5Not checkedThe scientists said governments in the region have to cooperate to strengthen disease detection and invest in diagnostic capacities, citing lessons from Ebola and COVID-19 outbreaks in the past decade.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 5Not checkedKossi Kabo said, 'We need to anticipate these outbreaks... We shouldn't wait for an epidemic to emerge somewhere before responding. By then, it would be too late.'View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 5Not checkedScientists said that in the absence of a major outbreak threatening the region, maintenance of the health systems has waned, leaving them unprepared for future epidemics.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 5 of 5Not checkedArthur Bodurie Calvin Garber said governments must invest in people as much as infrastructure.View evidenceHide evidence
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Clostridioides difficile in West Africa: a systematic review of the limited evidence and key knowledge gaps.
Global Epidemiology · 2026 · PubMed
Surveillance, outbreak detection, and early warning
Infectious Disease Emergencies: Preparedness and Response · 2025 · Crossref
The African measles and rubella laboratory network: 21 years of functioning in West Africa.
2025 · Europe PMC
Early epidemiologic and genomic insights from Sierra Leone's first mpox cases, 2025.
The Pan African Medical Journal · 2026 · PubMed
Syndromic Surveillance and Outbreak Detection Using Automated Microbiologic Laboratory Test Order Data
2007 · Crossref
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