Background Despite impressive reductions in infectious disease burden within Sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA), half of the top ten causes of poor health or death in SSA are communicable …

The goal of syndromic surveillance is the earlier detection of epidemics, allowing a timelier
public health response than is possible using traditional surveillance methods. Syndromic …

Abstract Background Mpumalanga Province, South Africa is a low malaria transmission area
that is subject to malaria epidemics. SaTScan methodology was used by the malaria control …

It is generally assumed by the donor community that the targeted funding of global, regional
or cross-border surveillance programmes is an efficient way to support resource-poor …

The International Health Regulations require timely detection and response to outbreaks.
Many attempts to set up an outbreak early warning system in Pacific island countries and …

The health care system in Papua New Guinea is fragile, and surveillance systems
infrequently meet international standards. To strengthen outbreak identification, health …

Prior to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) had
agreed to develop a standardised, simple syndromic surveillance system to ensure …

Aim Early cancer diagnosis is necessary to improve survival rates. The aim of this study was
to assess the outcome and cost of the childhood cancer training programme amongst …

Background The 2002–06 measles control strategy for Uganda was implemented to
strengthen routine immunization, undertake large-scale catch-up and follow-up vaccination …

To evaluate economic implications of conducting a “catch-up” measles vaccination
campaign, we conducted an economic analysis of the 1996–1997 measles immunization …