Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy: current status, challenges and perspectives for the future in Africa
In 1998, the WHO African region adopted a strategy called Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR). Here, we present the current status of IDSR implementation; and provide some future perspectives for enhancing the IDSR strategy in Africa.In 2017, we used two data sources to compile infor...
| Published in: | BMJ Global Health |
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| Main Authors: | Ibrahima Socé Fall, Soatiana Rajatonirina, Ali Ahmed Yahaya, Yoti Zabulon, Peter Nsubuga, Miriam Nanyunja, Joseph Wamala, Charles Njuguna, Charles Okot Lukoya, Wondimagegnehu Alemu, Francis Chisaka Kasolo, Ambrose Otau Talisuna |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2019-07-01
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| Online Access: | https://gh.bmj.com/content/4/4/e001427.full |
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