A survey of core and support activities of communicable disease surveillance systems at operating-level CDCs in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years, problems like insufficient coordination, low efficiency, and heavy working load in national communicable disease surveillance systems in China have been pointed out by many researchers. To strengthen the national communicable disease surveillance systems becomes an immediate concern. Since the World Health Organization has recommended that a structured approach to strengthen national communicable disease surveillance must include an evaluation to existing systems which usually begins with a systematic description, we conducted the first survey for communicable disease surveillance systems in China, in order to understand the situation of core and support surveillance activities at province-level and county-level centers for disease control and prevention

SUBMITTER: Xiong W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2996372 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature