Disease surveillance programmes ought to be evaluated regularly to ensure they provide
valuable information in an efficient manner. Evaluation of human and animal health …

Background: Surveillance of infectious diseases is recognized as the cornerstone of public
health decision-making and practice. The aim of the evaluation of communicable diseases …

Typhoid fever is notifiable in South Africa but clinical notification is notoriously poor. South
Africa has an estimated annual incidence rate of 0.1 cases per 100,000 population of culture …

Jeddah is one of the busiest and multicultural cities in Saudi Arabia. It poses a higher risk of
importing and spreading emerging communicable diseases because of the increased …

Objectives: Routine health information systems (RHISs) provide data that are vital for
planning and monitoring individual health. Data from RHISs could also be used for purposes …

High-functioning communicable disease surveillance systems are critical for public health
preparedness. Countries that cannot quickly detect and contain diseases are a risk to the …

We conducted a descriptive, retrospective, cross-sectional study to assess the core activities
and supportive functions of the communicable diseases surveillance system [‎ CDSS]‎ in …

Background The A ustralasian M aternity O utcomes S urveillance S ystem (AMOSS)
conducts active, prospective surveillance of severe maternal conditions in A ustralia and N …

Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from July 2-10, 2015 to assess
the structure, core and support surveillance functions in five zones and two town …

Background: Effective control of communicable diseases requires an effective disease
surveillance system (CDSS) which provides information for action on priority communicable …