Regional meeting on integrated disease surveillance in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

The objectives of the meeting were to: update countries on the recent steps taken to support the adoption of IDS; identify best practices, challenges and lessons learned on the IDS implementation in the Region, including in polio transition; assess countries against benchmarks for IDS as outlined in the Regional Committee paper; develop a roadmap of key actions to be taken at the country level and obtain consensus on national IDS coordination and monitoring mechanisms; ensure IDS strategies are conducted as part of an integrated national health information system (HIS); and support the strengthening of national electronic surveillance systems using DHIS2. Dr Ahmed Al Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, inaugurated the meeting. He emphasized the importance of an IDS system and having a single electronic data platform for early detection, reporting and response to public health threats. He expressed confidence in the commitment of countries in making towards achieving successful IDS implementation. The meeting entailed interactive presentations and information sharing Read more...
Source: WHO EMRO News - Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news