The availability and consistency of dengue surveillance data provided online by the World Health Organization.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of high quality disease surveillance data has become increasingly important for public health action against new threats. In response, countries have developed a wide range of disease surveillance systems enabled by technological advancements. The heterogeneity and complexity of country data systems have caused a growing need for international organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) to coordinate the standardization, integration, and dissemination of country disease data at the global level for research and policy. The availability and consistency of currently available disease surveillance data at the global level are unclear. We investigated this for dengue surveillance data provided online by the WHO.

Methods and findings

We extracted

SUBMITTER: Ruberto I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4397048 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature