Challenges with the implementation of an Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) system: Systematic review of the lessons learned

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 131-143

  Phalkey, Revati K ^a   Yamamoto, Shelby ^a   Awate, Pradip ^b   Marx, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Assessment; challenges; implementation; Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR); lessons learned

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84926353545     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czt097     Document Type: Review

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