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Evaluation of the integrated disease surveillance and response system for infectious diseases control in northern Ghana [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2015
El buen funcionamiento de los sistemas de vigilancia es crucial para la eficacia de los programas de control de enfermedades. La estrategia de Vigilancia y Respuesta Integradas a las Enfermedades (IDSR, por sus siglas en inglés) se desarrolló y adoptó en 1998 para África como un enfoque integral de salud pública y, posteriormente, Ghana adoptó las ...
Martin Nyaaba Adokiya, John Koku Awoonor‐Williams, Inuwa Barau, Claudia Beiersmann, Olaf Mueller   +4 more
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Regional Initiatives in Support of Surveillance in East Africa: The East Africa Integrated Disease Surveillance Network (EAIDSNet) Experience. [PDF]

, 2013
The East African Integrated Disease Surveillance Network (EAIDSNet) was formed in response to a growing frequency of cross-border malaria outbreaks in the 1990s and a growing recognition that fragmented disease interventions, coupled with weak laboratory
Bond KC, Gresham L, James Kariuki, Leonard E.G Mboera, Maurice Ope, Mayala BK, Mboera LEG, Miriam Schneidman, Mwihaki Kimura, Olago D, Ramana N.V Gandham, Shikanga O, Stanley Sonoiya, WHO, WHO   +14 more
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Integrated Serologic Surveillance of Population Immunity and Disease Transmission. [PDF]

, 2018
Antibodies are unique among biomarkers in their ability to identify persons with protective immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases and to measure past exposure to diverse pathogens. Most infectious disease surveillance maintains a single-disease focus,
Arnold, Benjamin F, Lammie, Patrick J, Priest, Jeffrey W, Scobie, Heather M   +3 more
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Implementing integrated disease surveillance and response: Four African countries' experience, 1998–2005

Global Public Health, 2010
The Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy was developed by the Africa Regional Office (AFRO) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and proposed for adoption by member states in 1998. The goal was to build WHO/AFRO countries' capacity to detect, report and effectively respond to priority infectious diseases.
P, Nsubuga, W G, Brown, S L, Groseclose, L, Ahadzie, A O, Talisuna, P, Mmbuji, M, Tshimanga, S, Midzi, F, Wurapa, W, Bazeyo, M, Amri, M, Trostle, M, White   +12 more
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Frontiers of parasitology research in the People's Republic of China : infection, diagnosis, protection and surveillance [PDF]

, 2012
: Control and eventual elimination of human parasitic diseases in the People's Republic of China (P.R. China) requires novel approaches, particularly in the areas of diagnostics, mathematical modelling, monitoring, evaluation, surveillance and public ...
Bergquist, R., Chen, J. H., Chen, J. X., Tanner, M., Utzinger, J., Wang, H., Zhou, X. N.   +6 more
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Improving Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Capacity in Guinea, 2015-2018 [PDF]

Online J Public Health Inform, 2019
ObjeciveThe objective is to discuss capacity building for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in Guinea and synthesize lessons learned for implementing the Global Health Security Agenda in similar settings.IntroductionThe 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in Guinea revealed systematic weaknesses in the existing disease surveillance system.
Hemingway-Foday, Jennifer, Souare, Ousmane, Reynolds, Eileen, Dialio, Boubacar, Bah, Marlyatou, Kaba, Almamy Karamokoba, Kone, Moussa, Dialio, Telly, Camara, Nouhan, Kante, Mohammed, Guliavogul, Siba, Kante, Massaran, Macdonald, Pia   +12 more
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Ebola virus disease surveillance and response preparedness in northern Ghana [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2016
Background: The recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak has been described as unprecedented in terms of morbidity, mortality, and geographical extension. It also revealed many weaknesses and inadequacies for disease surveillance and response systems in
Martin N. Adokiya, John K. Awoonor-Williams   +1 more
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Invasive meningococcal disease in the Veneto region of Italy: A capture-recapture analysis for assessing the effectiveness of an integrated surveillance system [PDF]

, 2017
open8noBACKGROUND: Epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis has been changing since the introduction of universal vaccination programmes against meningococcal serogroup C (MenC) and meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) has now become dominant.
Baldo, Vincenzo, Baldovin, Tatjana, Bertoncello, Chiara, Cocchio, Silvia, Furlan, Patrizia, Lazzari, Roberta, Russo, Francesca, Saia, Mario   +7 more
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COVID-19 surveillance systems in African countries [PDF]

Health Promotion Perspectives, 2021
Background: Surveillance forms the basis for response to disease outbreaks, including COVID-19. Herein, we identified the COVID-19 surveillance systems and the associated challenges in 13 African countries. Methods: We conducted a comprehensive narrative
Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi, Adrian Rabe, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III   +2 more
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Exploring the evidence base for national and regional policy interventions to combat resistance [PDF]

, 2015
The effectiveness of existing policies to control antimicrobial resistance is not yet fully understood. A strengthened evidence base is needed to inform effective policy interventions across countries with different income levels and the human health and
Aarestrup, Aarestrup, Ahuja, Aidara-Kane, Alimuddin Zumla, Allegranzi, Allegranzi, Amábile-Cuevas, Anthony D So, Anthony Kessel, Baertlein, Belongia, Belongia, Bushnell, Catley, Catley, Cheng, Coenen, Crowther-Gibson, Dagan, Datema, Davey, David L Heymann, De Boeck, Earnshaw, Emmeline J Buckley, Fazal K Dar, Finkelstein, Fätkenheuer, Gerber, Govin Permanand, Grave, Grave, Grazia Caleo, Grundmann, Hammerum, Hanne Bak Pedersen, Harbarth, Haydar Giha, Hennessy, Henry Lishi Li, Heuer, Holloway, Huttner, Huttner, Jack, Jasper Littmann, John-Arne Røttingen, Jørgen Schlundt, Kariuki, Katakweba, Khalid M Bindayna, Khan, Komolafe, Kümmerer, Little, Luoto, Mandal, Mark Rweyemamu, Marti, McNulty, Mishal Khan, Mitj, Mohammed Shahid, Moyane, Mshana, Nisi, Ogan, Okeke, Okeke, Okeke, Osman A Dar, Parry, Pittet, Pletz, Radley, Ranji, Richard Kock, Rumina Hasan, Silverman, Simonsen, Song, Speksnijder, Spurling, Stephan Harbarth, Vanden Eng, Vernet, Versporten, Versporten, Viberg, Vlieghe, Walt, Xiao, Zingg   +93 more
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