Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR)
![IDSR Photos of people in Africa getting height measured, blood taken and having meetings](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121017192031im_/http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/dphswd/idsr/images/idsr-banner.jpg)
In response to the emergence of severe outbreaks of largely preventable diseases in African countries during the 1990s, the 46 Member States of the WHO African Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) met in Zimbabwe in 1998 to adopt Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) as a comprehensive regional framework for strengthening national public health surveillance and response systems in Africa. In 2006, WHO/AFRO Member States recommended that the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) be implemented using the IDSR framework, especially for strengthening core capacities for surveillance and response.
Learn more about IDSR >
Country Programs and Partnerships
The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) includes 46 Member States...
Progress of IDSR
In June of 2010, a self-assessment questionnaire was administered to the 46 Member States...
Tools and Resources
Technical Guidelines for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in the African Region, 2nd Edition – 2010
Summer 2012 Newsletter >>
June 22, 2012
2010 Annual Report
Sep 30, 2011
Get email updates
To receive email updates about the Global Health site, enter your email address: