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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
environmental science
IDSR as a platform for implementing IHR in African countries
Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, Volume 11, No. 3, Year 2013
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Description
Of the 46 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) African region (AFRO), 43 are implementing Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) guidelines to improve their abilities to detect, confirm, and respond to high-priority communicable and noncommunicable diseases. IDSR provides a framework for strengthening the surveillance, response, and laboratory core capacities required by the revised International Health Regulations [IHR (2005)]. In turn, IHR obligations can serve as a driving force to sustain national commitments to IDSR strategies. The ability to report potential public health events of international concern according to IHR (2005) relies on early warning systems founded in national surveillance capacities. Public health events reported through IDSR to the WHO Emergency Management System in Africa illustrate the growing capacities in African countries to detect, assess, and report infectious and noninfectious threats to public health. The IHR (2005) provide an opportunity to continue strengthening national IDSR systems so they can characterize outbreaks and respond to public health events in the region. © Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kasolo, Francis Chisaka
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Yoti, Zabulon
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Bakyaita, Nathan N.
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Gaturuku, Peter
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Katz, Rebecca L.
United States, Washington, D.c.
The George Washington University
Fischer, Julie E.
United States, Washington, D.c.
The George Washington University
Perry, Helen N.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Statistics
Citations: 64
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1089/bsp.2013.0032
ISSN:
15387135
Research Areas
Noncommunicable Diseases