Epidemic surveillance in a low resource setting: lessons from an evaluation of the Solomon Islands syndromic surveillance system, 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Solomon Islands is one of the least developed countries in the world. Recognising that timely detection of outbreaks is needed to enable early and effective response to disease outbreaks, the Solomon Islands government introduced a simple syndromic surveillance system in 2011. We conducted the first evaluation of the system and the first exploration of a national experience within the broader multi-country Pacific Syndromic Surveillance System to determine if it is meeting its objectives and to identify opportunities for improvement.

Methods

We used a multi-method approach involving retrospective data collection and statistical analysis, modelling, qualitative research and observational methods.

Results

We found that the system was well accepted, highly rel

SUBMITTER: Craig AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6302379 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature