Regional Surveillance System - Interim Policy Guidelines

Front Page
Table of Contents
List of Appendices
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1.0 Introduction

1.1 Purpose of this Document
1.2 Background of Disease Surveillance Systems
2.0 Description of Regional Surveillance Systems

2.1 Purpose
2.1.1 Communicable Disease Surveillance System
2.1.2 Non-Communicable Disease Surveillance System
2.1.3 Mortality Surveillance system
2.2 Objectives
2.3 Legal Basis
2.3.1 Communicable Disease Surveillance
2.3.2 Non-Communicable Disease Surveillance
2.3.3 Mortality surveillance
2.4 Strategic and Operational Plans
2.5 Reporting Chain
2.6 Data Reporting for Communicable Diseases
2.6.1 Reporting of Syndromes
2.6.2 Hospital Ward Notifications
2.6.3 Reporting of Specific Diseases
2.6.4 Reporting of Outbreaks, Clusters or Unusual or Unexpected Events
2.6.5 Reporting of HIV, AIDS and STIs
2.6.6 Reporting of Tuberculosis (TB) and Leprosy
2.6.7 Reporting of Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI)
2.7 Role of the Laboratory in Surveillance
2.8 Data Reporting for Non-Communicable Diseases
2.9 Data Reporting for Mortality Surveillance
2.10 Data Transfer
2.11 Analysis and Interpretation
2.12 Information Dissemination
2.13 Use of Data and Information
2.14 Monitoring and Evaluation
3.0 Disaster Surveillance

3.0 Disaster Surveillance
3.1 Regional and Sub-Regional Response Teams
4.0 References

4.0 References
Appendices

Appendix 1 - Epidemiologic Week Numbers 2011-2016
Appendix 2 - Conditions Under Surveillance 2010
Appendix 3 - EPI Data Collection Form
Appendix 4.1 and 4.2 - Weekly Syndrome Reporting Form
Appendix 5.1 - Case Definitions for Syndromes under Regional Surveillance
Appendix 5.2 - Poster of Case Definitions for Syndromes under Regional Surveillance
Appendix 6 - Syndromic Diagnosis Flowcharts
Appendix 7 - Guidelines for Specimen Collection
Appendix 8 - Hospital Case Notification Form
Appendix 9 - Four-weekly Disease Reporting Form
Appendix 10 - Case Definitions for Diseases under Regional Surveillance
Appendix 11.1 - CORT Guidelines
Appendix 11.2 - CORT Outbreak Reporting Form
Appendix 12.1 - AIDS Annual Reporting Form
Appendix 12.2 - HIV Annual Reporting Form
Appendix 12.3 - STI Annual Reporting Form
Appendix 13.1 - HIV Case-Based Surveillance protocol
Appendix 13.2 - HIV Case-Based Reporting Form
Appendix 13.3 - HIV Case-Based Surveillance Data Exchange Protocol
Appendix 13.4 - Laboratory HIV Case Report Form
Appendix 14 - SARI Case Investigation Form
Appendix 15 - SARI Surveillance Activities Flowchart
Appendix 16 - SARI Weekly Data Collection Form
Appendix 17 - Minimum Dataset for Laboratory Surveillance
Appendix 18 - Laboratory Investigation Form
Appendix 19 - NCD Minimum Dataset Description
Appendix 20 - NCD Minimum Dataset Reporting Form
Appendix 21 - Age Standardized Mortality Rates Guidelines
Appendix 22 - Age Standardized Mortality Rates Calculation Form
Appendix 23 - PYLL summary sheet
Appendix 24 - PYLL Calculation Workbook
Appendix 25 - NCD Indicators for Quarterly Reporting
Appendix 26 - NCD Quarterly Reporting Form
Appendix 27 - CAREC Sample Medical Death Certificate Form
Appendix 28 - Surveillance data and indicators

Regional Surveillance Systems for CAREC Member Countries - Interim Policy Guidelines

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Third Edition June 2011

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