Assessing the implementation of an electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response System using DHIS2, 2024: Sierra Leone´s experience by Bridget Magoba, Joseph Sam Kanu, James Sylvester Squire, Stephen Abdul Regis Sesay, Ian Njeru, Robert Musoke, Charles Njuguna, Victor Caulker, Adel Hussein Elduma, Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru

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Maternal mortality following caesarean section in a low-resource setting: a National Malawian Surveillance Study by Shakila Thangaratinam, Louise Afran, Maria Lisa Odland, Luis Gadama, David Lissauer, Fannie Kachale, Chifundo Ndamala, Abi Merriel, Catriona Waitt, Amie Wilson, Hussein H Twabi, Annie Kuyere, Jennifer Riches, Yamikani Chimwaza, Bertha Immaculate Magreta Chakhame, Jack Milln, Rosemary Bilesi, Lumbani Makhaza, Regina Makuluni, Laura Munthali, Owen Musopole, Deborah A Phiri, James Jafali

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Institutionalising urogenital schistosomiasis surveillance: Best practices to improve female genital and urinary schistosomiasis control in South Africa. by Takalani Girly Nemungadi, Tsakani Furumele, Absalom Mwazha, Myra Taylor, Saloshni Naidoo, Eyrun F Kjetland

“…Since 2008, the South African National Department of Health has been trying to resuscitate the schistosomiasis control programme; the programme has not been fully established or implemented. …”
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Entomological surveillance of onchocerciasis in Burkina Faso: Progress towards interrupting transmission in blackflies in the main river basins of the country by Lassane Koala, Achille S. Nikièma, Mathias Ouedraogo, Justin Compaoré, Clarisse Bougouma, Karim Sanon, Aimé G. Adjami, Moussa S. Sanfo, Inaki Tirados, Philip McCall, Paul Bessel, Thomas R. Unnasch, Daniel A. Boakye, Soungalo Traore, Roch K. Dabire

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Cost-effectiveness and benefit-risk of rotavirus vaccination in Afghanistan: a modelling analysis informed by post-licensure surveillance by Palwasha Anwari, Frédéric Debellut, Sardar Parwiz, Clint Pecenka, Andrew Clark

“…Abstract Introduction Afghanistan added ROTARIX to the routine national immunization programme in 2018. We aimed to estimate the cost-effectiveness and benefit-risk of ROTARIX and compare its continued use with other rotavirus vaccines that could be used in the future. …”
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Emerging infectious diseases in free-ranging wildlife-Australian zoo based wildlife hospitals contribute to national surveillance. by Keren Cox-Witton, Andrea Reiss, Rupert Woods, Victoria Grillo, Rupert T Baker, David J Blyde, Wayne Boardman, Stephen Cutter, Claude Lacasse, Helen McCracken, Michael Pyne, Ian Smith, Simone Vitali, Larry Vogelnest, Dion Wedd, Martin Phillips, Chris Bunn, Lyndel Post

“…This program uses a collaborative approach and provides a strong model for a disease surveillance program for free-ranging wildlife that enhances the national capacity for early detection of emerging diseases.…”
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Cardiovascular Outcomes, Health-Promoting Behaviors, and Social Determinants: Structural Racism and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System by Jaclyn K. Schwartz, Emily A. Kringle, Suzanne Perea Burns, Catherine R. Hoyt, Kelly M. Harris, Sami Tayeb

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Importance of virological surveillance after migrants from polio high-risk territories for poliomyelitis monitoring in the Russian Federation by Olga I. Kanaeva, N. I. Romanenkova, V. A. Evseeva, N. A. Tolstykh, T. N. Pogrebnaya, M. A. Blokhinova, K. A. Antonenkov

“…The data obtained confirm the importance and need for epidemiological and virological surveillance for residents arrived from polio high risk territories in Russia within poliomyelitis control programme in the Russian Federation.…”
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Surveillance in easy to access population subgroups as a tool for evaluating malaria control progress: A systematic review. by Sanie S S Sesay, Emanuele Giorgi, Peter J Diggle, David Schellenberg, David G Lalloo, Dianne J Terlouw

“…<h4>Background</h4>The need for surveillance systems generating targeted, data-driven, responsive control efforts to accelerate and sustain malaria transmission reduction has been emphasized by programme managers, policy makers and scientists. …”
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Resource mapping and Malaria surveillance capacity of health facilities in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria-June 2020 by Henry Uguru Ekechi, IkeOluwapo Ajayi, Aderemi Oludiran Kehinde, Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo, Chioma Dan-Nwafor, Celestine Ameh, Muhammad Shakir Balogun

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Evaluating and implementing temporal, spatial, and spatio-temporal methods for outbreak detection in a local syndromic surveillance system. by Robert W Mathes, Ramona Lall, Alison Levin-Rector, Jessica Sell, Marc Paladini, Kevin J Konty, Don Olson, Don Weiss

“…The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has operated an emergency department syndromic surveillance system since 2001, using temporal and spatial scan statistics run on a daily basis for cluster detection. …”
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Assessing Anopheles species collection techniques in a low malaria transmission area: implications for vector surveillance and control by Thabo Mashatola, Power Tshikae, John Govere, Theresa T. Mazarire, Basil Brooke, Givemore Munhenga

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Second-line drug resistance among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia: A laboratory-based surveillance by Getu Diriba, Ayinalem Alemu, Bazezew Yenew, Betselot Zerihun Ayano, Michael Hailu, Bedo Buta, Amanuel Wondimu, Zigba Tefera, Abyot Meaza, Getachew Seid, Muluwork Getahun, Biniyam Dagne, Hilina Mollalign, Yeshiwork Abebaw, Melak Getu, Mengistu Tadesse, Tegegn Belhu, Ephrem Alemu, Minilik Demissie, Ashenafi Erresso, Getachew Aga, Andargachew Kumsa, Taye Letta, Saro Abdella, Shewki Moga, Mesay Hailu Dangisso, Getachew Tollera, Gemechu Tadesse

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Catchment-scale assessment of groundwater discharge using ecological, thermal, and hydrochemical surveillance data in the Halton Region, Ontario by Nathan Beckner-Stetson, Virginie Gaye, Mason Marchildon, Andrea D. Dunn, Behnam Doulatyari, Kim Funk, Steve Holysh, Kim Barrett, Bas Vriens

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Ten-year surveillance of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in central Turkey prior to the introduction of a conjugate vaccine by Duygu Percin, Yasemin Ay Altintop, Bulent Sumerkan

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Evaluating maternal death surveillance and response system in Sunyani Municipality of Bono region in Ghana from 2017-2021 by Amara S. Ngegbai, George Khumalo Kuma, Charles L. Noora, Ernest Tei Maya, Chris Guure

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Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales among patients with bloodstream infections in South Africa: Consolidated surveillance data, 2015-2021. by Husna Ismail, Thembekile Buhle Christna Zwane, Elloise Du Toit, Renata Maria Augusto da Costa, François Franceschi, Olga Perovic

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Periodic surveillance for CRE should be performed on regular basis to support infection prevention and stewardship program at each facility.…”
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Evaluating the effect of Bolsa Familia, Brazil's conditional cash transfer programme, on maternal and child health: A study protocol. by Ila Rocha Falcão, Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva, Flávia Jôse Oliveira Alves, Naiá Ortelan, Natanael J Silva, Rosemeire L Fiaccone, Marcia Furquim de Almeida, Júlia M Pescarini, Cinthia Soares Lisboa, Elzo Pereira Pinto Júnior, Enny S Paixao, Andrea J F Ferreira, Camila Silveira Silva Teixeira, Aline Dos Santos Rocha, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, M Sanni Ali, Ruth Dundas, Alastair Leyland, Laura C Rodrigues, Maria Yury Ichihara, Mauricio L Barreto

“…<h4>Background</h4>Conditional Cash Transfer Programs have been developed in Latin America in response to poverty and marked social inequalities on the continent. …”
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A multi-hospital, clinician-initiated bacterial genomics programme to investigate treatment failure in severe Staphylococcus aureus infections by Stefano G. Giulieri, Marcel Leroi, Diane Daniel, Roy Chean, Katherine Bond, Harry Walker, Natasha E. Holmes, Nomvuyo Mothobi, Adrian Alexander, Adam Jenney, Carolyn Beckett, Andrew Mahony, Kerrie Stevens, Norelle L. Sherry, Benjamin P. Howden

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Lessons Learnt Delivering a Novel Infectious Diseases National Training Programme to Timor-Leste’s Primary Care Workforce by Robert Hammond, Antonito Hornay Cabral, Jeremy Beckett, Xhian Meng Quah, Natarajan Rajaraman, Sanjay Mathew, Amrutha Gopalakrishnan, Mariano Pereira, Manuel Natercio Noronha, Bernardo Pinto, João de Jesus Arcanjo, Celia Gusmao dos Santos, Telma Joana Corte-Real de Oliveira, Ingrid Bucens, Charlotte Hall

“…Methods: We report and reflect on the development and delivery of a national training programme in infectious diseases called the Advancing Surveillance and Training to Enhance Recognition of Infectious Diseases (ASTEROID) programme, developed by the medical non-governmental organisation (NGO) Maluk Timor and other Timorese stakeholders. …”
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