IDSR guidelines

Guide for the Use of Core Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Indicators in the African Region, July 2005( English PDF 856 KB / French )

Technical Guidelines for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in the African Region, May 2002 (English PDF 2020 KB/ French PDF 1010 KB)

Newsletters

Communicable Diseases Epidemiological Report (CDER), WHO African region

Country feedback bulletins

Report of the technical consultancy for laboratory networks to support Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) in the African region, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, September 13-15, 2005 (English PDF 6.6 MB | French PDF 5.4 MB)

Report of the technical meeting on the implementation of core indicators for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) in the African region, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March 2004 (English | French)

WHO consultative meeting, External quality assessment programme in Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, February 2003

Program review presentation, May 2004

Field Test of IDSR Generic Guidelines, Tanzania, October 2000 PPT 131 K B

Article on the first IDS assessment performed in Tanzania. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002, 80(3). PDF 285 KB

An integrated approach to communicable disease surveillance, WHO Weekly epidemiological record. No. 1, 2000, 75, 1-7. PDF 180 KB

Assessment of Infectious Disease Surveillance--Uganda, 2000. MMWR 2001; 49(30);687-691.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2004). NCID and EPO cohost milestone meeting on Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in African region. NCID FOCUS, 13(3), 8. PDF 180 KB

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2005). Evaluation of Job Aids for Laboratory Confirmation in Tanzania. Institute for Quality in Laboratory Medicine Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, on April 28 - 30, 2005.

Fever, Jaundice, and Multiple Organ System Failure Associated With 17D-Derived Yellow Fever Vaccination, 1996-2001. MMWR 2001; 50(30);643-5.

Global Health: Challenges in Improving Infectious Disease Surveillance Systems. United States General Accounting Office. GAO-01-722, August 31, 2001. PDF 1051 KB

Lewis, R, Nathan, N, Diarra, L, Belanger, F, Paquet, C. Timely detection of meningococcal meningitis epidemics in Africa. Lancet, 2001;358(9278):287-293.

Meningococcal disease, serogroup W135, Burkina Faso: Preliminary report, 2002, WHO Weekly epidemiological record. No. 18, 2002, 77, 152-155. PDF 237 KB

Perkins, B. Prospects for prevention of meningococcal meningitis. Lancet, 2001;358(9278):255-6.

Publication of Updated Guidelines for Evaluating Public Health Surveillance Systems. MMWR 2001; 50(30);646.

Training materials

Analyzing and interpreting IDSR Data: Orientation to the Distirct Analysis Book, for the African region. (English | French) PDF 403 K B

CSF Collection Kit

Compilation of Job Aids for Laboratory Confirmation, February 2005 PDF 2195 KB

District Analysis Book, A Module of the Technical Guidelines for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in the African Region, November 2003. (English PDF 818 KB/ French PDF 1808 KB)

How to Vent T-I Tubes

Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Training Modules

Tools

SurvCost tool

Disease Specific Guidelines

Méthodes de laboratoire pour le diagnostic de la dysenterie épidémique et du choléra (PDF 655 KB)

Meningitis:

Technical Guidelines on Detection and Control of Epidemic Meningococcal Disease

Pneumonia

Technical Guidelines on Detection and Control of Epidemic Yellow Fever