Regional initiatives in support of surveillance in east Africa: The east Africa integrated disease surveillance network (EAIDSNet) experience

Emerging Health Threats Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ope, Maurice ^a   Sonoiya, Stanley ^a   Kariuki, James ^b   Mboera, Leonard E G ^c   Gandham, Ramana N V ^d   Schneidman, Miriam ^d   Kimura, Mwihaki ^e  

^a East African Community Secretariat   (Tanzania)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

^e Rockefeller Foundation   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Disease surveillance; EAIDSNet; EAPHLNP; East Africa; Field simulation exercise; One health; Regional surveillance network

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CASE STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FIELD SIMULATION EXERCISE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA, EASTERN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881171903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17528550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19948     Document Type: Article

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