Epidemic surveillance in a low resource setting: lessons from an evaluation of the Solomon Islands syndromic surveillance system, 2017

Epidemic surveillance in a low resource setting: lessons from an evaluation of the Solomon Islands syndromic surveillance system, 2017

Abstract Background Solomon Islands is one of the least developed countries in the world. Recognising that timely detection of outbreaks is needed to enable early and effective response to disease outbreaks, the Solomon Islands government introduced a simple syndromic surveillance system in 2011. We...

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Main Authors: Adam T. Craig, Cynthia A. Joshua, Alison R. Sio, Mark Donoghoe, Brigid Betz-Stablein, Nemia Bainivalu, Tenneth Dalipanda, John Kaldor, Alexander E. Rosewell, Gill Schierhout
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Surveillance
Evaluation
Communicable disease
Syndromic surveillance
Outbreak
Solomon Islands
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-6295-7

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