Twenty years of integrated disease surveillance and response in Sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and opportunities for effective management of infectious disease …

IR Mremi, J George, SF Rumisha, C Sindato… - One Health …, 2021 - Springer
Introduction This systematic review aimed to analyse the performance of the Integrated
Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and how …

A systematic review on improving implementation of the revitalised integrated disease surveillance and response system in the African region: a health workers' …

AKS Ng'etich, K Voyi, RC Kirinyet, CM Mutero - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background The revised integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) guidelines
adopted by African member states in 2010 aimed at strengthening surveillance systems …

Improving disease surveillance data analysis, interpretation, and use at the district level in Tanzania

IR Mremi, C Sindato, C Kishamawe… - Global Health …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
An effective disease surveillance system is critical for early detection and response to
disease epidemics. This study aimed to assess the capacity to manage and utilize disease …

Evaluation of public health surveillance system performance in Dangila district, Northwest Ethiopia: a concurrent embedded mixed quantitative/qualitative facility …

T Alemu, H Gutema, S Legesse, T Nigussie, Y Yenew… - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background Evaluation of a surveillance system should be conducted on regular bases to
ensure that the system is working as envisioned or not. Therefore, we evaluated Dangila …

A rapid assessment of the implementation of integrated disease surveillance and response system in Northeast Nigeria, 2017

LM Ibrahim, M Stephen, I Okudo, SM Kitgakka… - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) is the strategy adopted for
public health surveillance in Nigeria. IDSR has been operational in Nigeria since 2001 but …

Evaluation of Ebola virus disease surveillance system capability to promptly detect a new outbreak in Liberia

FQ Shannon, LL Bawo, JA Crump, K Sharples… - BMJ global …, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Liberia was heavily affected by the 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD)
outbreak. With substantial investments in interventions to combat future outbreaks, it is …

Integrated disease surveillance response practice and associated factors among health professionals working in public hospitals in West Hararghe Zone, Eastern …

A Yusuf, L Oljira, A Mehadi, BH Ayele - Journal of Multidisciplinary …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Health workforces across all levels of the healthcare system are the main
modulators in the effective implementation of disease surveillance system. However, their …

Socio-ecological systems analysis and health system readiness in responding to dengue epidemics in Ilala and Kinondoni districts, Tanzania

LEG Mboera, C Sindato, IR Mremi… - Frontiers in Tropical …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Since 2010, Tanzania has been experiencing frequent outbreaks of dengue.
The objectives of this study were to carry out a socio-ecological systems (SES) analysis to …

Development and validation of a framework to improve neglected tropical diseases surveillance and response at sub-national levels in Kenya

AKS Ng'etich, K Voyi, CM Mutero - PLOS Neglected Tropical …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Assessment of surveillance and response system functions focusing on
notifiable diseases has widely been documented in literature. However, there is limited …

[HTML][HTML] Status of surveillance and routine immunization performances in Amhara Region, Ethiopia: findings from in-depth peer review

GA Lakew, E Wassie, A Ademe, A Fenta… - The Pan African …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …