Publication: Strengthening Public Health Surveillance Through Wastewater Testing: An Essential Investment for the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Health Threats
Date
2022-01-19
ISSN
Published
2022-01-19
Author(s)
Manuel, Doug
Amadei, Carlo Alberto
Campbell, Jonathon R.
Brault, Jean-Martin
Veillard, Jeremy
Abstract
Since early 2020, an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has spread rapidly
across the world. Latin America and the Caribbean remains an
epicenter of the pandemic, with some of the world’s highest death
rates. All countries in the region have been impacted, and more than
1.5 million people have died. With its relentless social and economic
consequences, COVID-19 threatens to undo recent decades of progress
on health outcomes in Latin America and the Caribbean and diverts
attention from work on remaining health sector challenges. This report explores the value, potential, and challenges of wastewater
testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Latin America and the Caribbean, including
in areas without a sanitary sewerage system. Providing examples from
across the world, the report also outlines what countries should consider
in creating a national wastewater surveillance program as part of
their broader efforts to control the impacts of COVID-19.
Citation
“Manuel, Doug; Amadei, Carlo Alberto; Campbell, Jonathon R.; Brault, Jean-Martin; Veillard, Jeremy. 2022. Strengthening Public Health Surveillance Through Wastewater Testing: An Essential Investment for the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Health Threats. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36852 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”