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Volume 28, Supplement—December 2022
SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
Surveillance

Leveraging PEPFAR-Supported Health Information Systems for COVID-19 Pandemic Response

Muzna Mirza1Comments to Author , Yoran Grant-Greene1, Marie P.J.S. Valles, Patrice Joseph, Stanley Juin, Stephan Brice, Patrick Dely, Marie G.R. Clement, Manish Kumar, Meredith Silver, Samuel Wambugu, Christopher Seebregts, Daniel Futerman, Fitti Weissglas, Veronica Muthee, Wendy Blumenthal, Tadesse Wuhib2, Steven Yoon2, and Daniel H. Rosen2
Author affiliations: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M. Mirza, W. Blumenthal, T. Wuhib, S. Yoon, D.H. Rosen); CDC Country Office, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Y. Grant-Greene, M.P.J.S. Valles, P. Joseph, S. Juin, S. Brice); Ministry of Public Health and Population, Port-au-Prince (P. Dely, M.G.R. Clement); PATH, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (M. Kumar, M. Silver); PATH Consortium, Seattle, Washington, USA (S. Wambugu); Jembi, Cape Town, South Africa (C. Seebregts, D. Futerman); University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA (F. Weissglas, V. Muthee)

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Table 3

Enabling factors of informatics-savvy health organizations leveraged by CDC headquarters and CDC country offices for COVID-19 pandemic response*

Pillars and supporting functions
Pillar 1. Vision, policy, and governance
Acceptance by country leadership
Ownership by host country governments
Timely stakeholder engagement to maximize uptake and utility
Collaboration among implementing partners and alignment 
of various stakeholders’ priorities, activities, and plans
Use of existing standards-based data systems for routine 
health service delivery and surveillance
Assured confidentiality and trust for new, name-based data 
systems, specifically for novel infections and other highly 
stigmatized conditions
Central coordination of health information system investments
Pillar 2. Skilled workforce
Local capacity building for systems development
Use of existing investments in easily customizable health 
information systems solutions built on open-source platforms 
ensured the availability of local technical capacity
Availability of strong technical capabilities within the country
Pillar 3. Effective information systems
Investments in interoperability solutions to facilitate health 
information exchange and integrate data across systems 
and disease programs
Existing investments in flexible and scalable IT infrastructure
Use of existing standards-based open-source electronic
medical record platforms

*CDC, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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