Assessment of surveillance core and support functions regarding neglected tropical diseases in Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective surveillance and response systems are vital to achievement of disease control and elimination goals. Kenya adopted the revised guidelines of the integrated disease surveillance and response system in 2012. Previous assessments of surveillance system core and support functions in Africa are limited to notifiable diseases with minimal attention given to neglected tropical diseases amenable to preventive chemotherapy (PC-NTDs). The study aimed to assess surveillance system core and support functions relating to PC-NTDs in Kenya.

Methods

A mixed method cross-sectional survey was adapted involving 192 health facility workers, 50 community-level health workers and 44 sub-national level health personnel. Data was collected using modified World Health Organizati

SUBMITTER: Ng'etich AKS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7809780 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature