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What is known about changes to public health surveillance programs for governments globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
Evidence Scan
Completed
2022-03-07
2022-01-25
National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools
Dr. Maureen Dobbins
Adolescents, Adults, COVID-19, Communicable & Infectious Disease, Grade School Aged, Infants, Older Adults, Preschool Aged
Literature on changes to public health surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic is dominated by surveillance of COVID-19 infections; additional changes to public health surveillance has occurred in cancer screening, child health assessments, and sexually transmitted infections. Methods of surveillance include digital surveillance and wastewater surveillance.
National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools. (2022, March 7). Rapid Scoping Review: What is known about changes to public health surveillance programs, systems and strategies at the population level for governments globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic? https://www.nccmt.ca/pdfs/res/surveillance
Population: National populations; Provincial, territorial, state, regional populations
Situation: Surveillance programs and systems for outcomes likely to have been directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic