Background The WHO African region frequently experiences outbreaks and epidemics of
infectious diseases often exacerbated by weak health systems and infrastructure, late …

Background The revised integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) guidelines
adopted by African member states in 2010 aimed at strengthening surveillance systems …

Background Disease surveillance is a cornerstone of outbreak detection and control.
Evaluation of a disease surveillance system is important to ensure its performance over time …

Background Uganda is a low income country that continues to experience disease
outbreaks caused by emerging and re-emerging diseases such as cholera, meningococcal …

Objectives Malawi's disease surveillance system is built on several different data sources
and systems and is informed by the Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response (IDSR) …

Developing countries, particularly Nigeria, continually find it challenging to proactively and
actively carry out early-stage surveillance for disease outbreaks due to the lack of quality …

Background: A functioning disease surveillance and reporting system has been a serious
challenge to developing countries; and as such, effective strategies to strengthen capacity …

Late reporting of disease outbreaks and other health related events of public health
significance have been linked to poor implementation of the Integrated Disease Surveillance …

Background Effective surveillance and response systems are vital to achievement of disease
control and elimination goals. Kenya adopted the revised guidelines of the integrated …

Background Assessment of surveillance and response system functions focusing on
notifiable diseases has widely been documented in literature. However, there is limited …