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Clifton Road NE, MS C-12
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone: 1(404) 639-2416
Fax: 1(404) 639-3106 |
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Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response |
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Home > About IDSR |
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About IDSR Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) is a strategy of the World Health Organization African Regional Office (WHO AFRO). Member States adopted this strategy in 1998.
The goals of IDSR are:
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To strengthen public health surveillance and response to priority infectious diseases at the district level, |
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To integrate surveillance with laboratory support, and |
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To translate surveillance and laboratory data into specific and timely public health actions. |
In an IDSR system, surveillance activities and resources are coordinated and streamlined. A focal person at each level of a health system collects surveillance information on priority infectious diseases, and reports this information to the next level. A country uses this surveillance information as a rational basis to make decisions and to plan public health interventions in response to priority infectious diseases.
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Date: October 11, 2006
Content source: National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases |
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