CDC collaborates with national and international IDSR partners to assist the WHO African Regional Office (AFRO) with strategies and activities for improving surveillance and response to priority infectious diseases in the African region.

Key strategy areas and tools include:

	Surveillance system strengthening		Monitoring and evaluation
	Laboratory strengthening		Advocacy
	Training and capacity development

A guide developed by WHO AFRO, WHO headquarters, CDC and other IDSR partners that describes the IDSR strategy and the surveillance activities for detecting and responding to priority infectious diseases. This guide also provides specific priority disease information and sample tools for reporting and collecting surveillance and laboratory data. English PDF 2020 KB/ French PDF 1010 KB

District Analysis Book: A Module of the Technical Guidelines for IDSR in the African region
A tool developed by WHO AFRO, CDC and other IDSR partners for surveillance officers in districts and health facilities to use for graphing surveillance data and to analyze disease trends. English PDF 818 KB / French PDF 1808 KB

Data management
EpiInfo-based tools for electronic reporting of surveillance and laboratory date.
(Contact Dr. Steven McLaughlin, swm4@cdc.gov or Louie Rosencrans, lor1@cdc.gov)

Documentation of IDSR implementation in the African and Eastern Mediterranean regions, November/December 2002 PDF 279 KB
An exercise conducted by WHO AFRO, WHO headquarters, CDC and the Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA) project to obtain information on inputs, processes, outputs and outcomes of IDSR implementation in six selected countries in the African and Eastern Mediterranean regions.

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Compilation of Job Aids for Laboratory Confirmation PDF 2195 KB
A compilation of job aids developed by the Tanzania Ministry of Health and its partners to promote standard performance of health workers at health facilities, districts, and referral laboratories in tasks that support laboratory confirmation of eight priority diseases.

External Quality Assessment (EQA) in the Africa region ( PDF version 567 KB)
A program for national laboratories organized by the National Health Laboratory Service of Johannesburg, South Africa to help participating laboratories assess their capabilities and to guide WHO AFRO in developing activities targeted to the laboratories' needs.

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Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Training Modules
A set of training modules developed by WHO AFRO and IDSR partners for health workers involved in disease surveillance at the different levels of a health system. Modules are on disease detection, data analysis and interpretation, epidemic preparedness, epidemic investigation, investigation of other diseases, supervision, and evaluation.

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Guide for the Use of Core Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Indicators in the African Region, July 2005 ( PDF version 856 KB)
A guide developed by WHO AFRO, CDC, and other IDSR partners for the different levels of a health system to use for monitoring and evaluating IDSR implementation. This guide describes the IDSR indicators that should be used at each level, and provides sample tools to implement these indicators.

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Policy Briefs, Documentation of IDSR implementation in the African and Eastern

Mediterranean Regions, November/December 2002
Case studies of six selected countries in the African and Eastern Mediterranean regions that participated in the IDSR documentation exercise in November/December 2002. The case studies describe the countries' background, findings and major results, lessons learned, and recommendations. English ( PDF version 507 KB) / French ( PDF version 524 KB)

Global consultancy meeting on IDSR, October 2003, Geneva, Switzerland
A global consultation for IDSR bringing together over 80 participants from selected member states representing all WHO regions, WHO regional offices and headquarters, technical and donor partners, training institutions and surveillance networks. The consultation was held in Geneva, on October 22-24, 2003.

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