5th Meeting of the GTFCC Working Group on Epidemiology Webinars

In lieu of the annual face to face GTFCC Epidemiology Working Group meeting, 3 webinars of approximately 90-minute duration each will be organized on June 12, June 26, and July 10, 2020 and the sessions will occur from 1600-1730 (CET).

These webinars will focus on the GTFCC hotspot identification tool, published in fall of last year, with the intention of improvements and evolution made over time with experience (detailed introduction attached). The sessions will be based on presentations from countries and partners followed by interactive discussions.

Each of the three sessions will review and discuss specific elements of the tool format and the indicators that might be included, as follows:

Session 1 (June 12, 2020, 1600-1730 CET): the tool as with its current indicators

• Issues of ease-of-use
• Ideal administrative levels
• Effects of the differing epidemiology of endemic and epidemic cholera
• Methods of hotspot priority ranking, incidence/persistence boundaries, proportion of total population

Download the session 1 program

Download the session 1 report

Session 2 (June 26, 2020, 1600-1730 CET): the tool modified with one or more direct cholera indicators

• Lab data
• CFR, mortality
• Current transmission
• Duration of historic cholera data used for analysis

Download the session 2 program

Download the session 2 report

Session 3 (July 10, 2020, 1600-1730 CET): the tool modified to include descriptive indicators of cholera risk

• WASH factors
• Vulnerability factors (risk of transmission, risk of poor outcomes, special populations, etc.)

Download the session 3 program

Download the session 3 report

We hope you can join us in these discussions as identifying cholera hotspots and prioritizing them for intervention is a cornerstone of national cholera control program development and implementation.

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