Establishing a national influenza sentinel surveillance system in a limited resource setting, experience of Sierra Leone

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kebede, Senait ^a   Conteh, Ishata N ^b   Steffen, Christoph A ^c   Vandemaele, Katelijn ^d   Wurie, Isata ^e   Alemu, Wondimagegnehu ^b   Kuti George, Fredson ^b   Dafae, Foday ^f   Jambai, Amara ^f   Yahaya, Ali Ahmed ^d   Kasolo, Francis Chisaka ^d  

^a WHO Country Office ^*  (United States)

^b WHO Country Office in Sierra Leone   (Sierra Leone)

^c Agence de Medecine Preventive   (France)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Central Public Health Reference Laboratory (CPHRL)   (Sierra Leone)

^f Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; LABORATORY TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS DESIGN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFERENCE DATABASE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIERRA LEONE; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 84879204841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-11-22     Document Type: Article

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