Implications of the International Health Regulations (2005) for communicable disease surveillance systems: Tunisia's experience

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 690-695

  Lyons, S ^a   Zidouh, A ^a   Ali Bejaoui, M ^b   Ben Abdallah, M ^c   Amine, S ^d   Garbouj, M ^b   Fitzner, J ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Direction des Soins de Sante de Base   (Tunisia)

^c SALAH AZAIEZ INSTITUTE   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Communicable disease; Revised international health regulations; Surveillance; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STRENGTH; THREAT; TUNISIA; WEAKNESS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TUNISIA; WORLD HEALTH;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 34547095747     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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