African Strategies for Health
  • Home
  • Technical Areas
  • Resources
    • ASH Updates
  • Regional Landscape
  • mHealth Database

Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response

6/1/2016

 
Picture
Regional Actors Addressing Disease Surveillance and Response in Africa: Comparative Advantages, Challenges and Opportunities

In recent years, there has been a growing trend toward regionalization on the African continent. Political, economic, and social sectors are finding value in integrated and cooperative efforts among like-minded countries. In Africa’s health sector, regional actors have become active contributors to development and health agendas. Today’s interconnected world also allows for the emergence, amplification, and spread of epidemic-prone diseases across borders and continents. Disease surveillance and response has emerged as a focus area for regional bodies across Africa, particularly since the signing of the revised International Health Regulations in 2005, which signified the international community’s commitment to improving the detection and reporting of public health emergencies worldwide. 
​
[Download Technical Brief]
[In French]

Visit the online database to browse through more than 120 regional organizations working in health in Africa. ​​>>Database

Picture
Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Report - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 17, 2013
Source: African Strategies for Health

This report documents key topics presented and discussed at the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) Workshop. The one day workshop was convened by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States Agency for International Development’s Africa Bureau (USAID/AFR) and the African Strategies for Health (ASH) project. [Download]



Comments are closed.
    Categories

    All
    Cross Cutting
    Digital Health
    Health Care Financing
    HIV/AIDS
    IDSR
    Malaria
    Maternal and Child Health
    Monitoring and Evaluation
    Project Documents
    ​Regional Landscape Analysis
    Tuberculosis

African Strategies for Health

Home     |      About ASH     |     Partners    |      Resources     

This publication was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under contract number AID-OAA-C-11-00161. The contents are the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

Photo Credits

© African Strategies for Health  2016