Cost Analysis of Health Facility Electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in One District in Sierra Leone.

ABSTRACT: Global health security depends on effective surveillance systems to prevent, detect, and respond to disease threats. Real-time surveillance initiatives aim to develop electronic systems to improve reporting and analysis of disease data. Sierra Leone, with the support of Global Health Security Agenda partners, developed an electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (eIDSR) system capable of mobile reporting from health facilities. We estimated the economic costs associated with rollout of health facility eIDSR in the Western Area Rural district in Sierra Leone and projected annual direct operational costs. Cost scenarios with increased transport costs, decreased use of partner personnel, and altered cellular data costs were modeled. Cost data associated with activities were ret

SUBMITTER: Sloan ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8820104 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature