Strengthening surveillance systems for malaria elimination: a global landscaping of system performance, 2015-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surveillance is a core component of an effective system to support malaria elimination. Poor surveillance data will prevent countries from monitoring progress towards elimination and targeting interventions to the last remaining at-risk places. An evaluation of the performance of surveillance systems in 16 countries was conducted to identify key gaps which could be addressed to build effective systems for malaria elimination.

Methods

A standardized surveillance system landscaping was conducted between 2015 and 2017 in collaboration with governmental malaria programmes. Malaria surveillance guidelines from the World Health Organization and other technical bodies were used to identify the characteristics of an optimal surveillance system, against which systems of st

SUBMITTER: Lourenco C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6751607 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature