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. 2011 Sep 16;4:361. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-361

Table 4.

Subjective comparisons of actual (2009, 2010) to hypothetical (2006) response performance1, 2

ACTIVITY2 CAMB CYUN CGUA LAOS MYAN THAI VIET MEAN

'09 '10 '09 '10 '09 '10 '09 '10 '09 '10 '09 '10 '09 '10 '09 '10
Surveillance and Information Sharing

 Development/use of case definition 1 0 0 -1 1 2 NR 3 NR 1 2 3 1 0 1.0 1.1

 Active case finding/hospitals & clinics 3 0 1 0 2 2 NR 3 NI 1 1 0 1 0 1.6 0.9

 Active case finding/communities 3 0 0 0 2 2 NR 3 NR 1 1 0 0 0 1.2 0.9

 Active case finding/ports of entry 4 2 1 1 1 2 NR NI NR 1 2 2 0 0 1.6 1.3

 Electronic reporting of cases 1 1 0 0 1 2 NI 0 NR 1 2 NR 0 0 0.8 0.7

 Hotline for reporting possible cases 1 2 -1 0 0 2 NR 3 NR 1 2 2 1 0 0.6 1.4

 Initial testing in district/provincial lab NR 3 0 -1 1 2 NI NI NI 1 1 NI 0 0 0.5 1.0

 Any other active surveillance activities 3 3 0 -2 0 2 NR 1 NR 1 2 NR 1 0 1.2 0.8

 Rapid Response Team mobilization 2 1 0 -1 0 3 NR 0 NR 0 1 3 0 0 0.6 0.9

 Communication w/cross-border site(s) 1 1 0 -1 NI 3 NR 0 NR 1 1 NI 0 0 0.5 0.7

 Sharing info w/MBDS country 1 2 NI -1 NI 3 NR 0 NR 0 1 NI 0 0 0.7 0.7

 Sharing info w/MBDS Coordinator 1 1 1 -1 NI 3 NR 0 NR 0 1 NI 0 0 0.8 0.5

MEAN 1.9 1.3 0.2 -0.6 0.9 2.3 -- 1.3 -- 0.8 1.4 1.7 0.3 0 0.9 0.9

Disease Prevention and Control - Health Care Facilities

 Communications w/health workers 2 1 0 -1 0 1 NR 2 NR 1 1 1 0 0 0.6 0.7

 Use hospital admission criteria 1 2 0 -1 NI 1 NR 1 NR 1 2 1 0 0 0.8 0.7

 Preparation or use of isolation areas 1 2 0 0 0 0 NR 2 NR 2 2 1 0 0 0.6 1.0

 Use of PPE for health workers 2 1 0 0 0 0 NR 0 NR 1 -1 1 0 0 0.2 0.4

 Use of antiviral drugs for treatment 2 2 0 -1 0 0 NR 1 NR 2 2 1 0 0 0.8 0.7

 Use of antiviral drugs for prophylaxis 1 2 0 -1 0 1 NR 0 -2 1 1 1 0 0 0.0 0.6

 Focus on hospital infection control 2 1 0 -1 0 0 NR 1 NR 2 1 0 0 0 0.6 0.4

 More preparation for medical surge 2 1 0 -1 0 1 NR 1 NR 2 1 0 0 0 0.6 0.6

MEAN 1.6 1.5 0 -0.8 0 0.5 -- 1.0 -2.0 1.5 1.1 0.8 0 0 0.5 0.6

Disease Prevention and Control - Communities

 Containment measures (from WHO) 1 3 NR -1 0 0 NI 2 NR 2 1 3 0 0 0.5 1.3

 Border control measures 2 3 NI -1 0 0 NR 1 NR 2 2 1 0 0 1.0 0.9

 Restrictions of travel NR NI NI -1 NI -1 NI 0 NI NI NI NI 0 0 0.0 -0.5

 Restrictions of public gatherings 2 NI NI -1 NI -1 NI 0 NI 2 NI 1 0 0 1.0 0.2

 Closure of any schools 1 NI NI -1 NI 0 NI NI NR 2 2 1 0 0 1.0 0.4

MEAN 1.5 3.0 -- -1.0 0 -0.4 -- 0.8 -- 2.0 1.7 1.5 0 0 0.7 0.5

Risk Communications

 Spokesperson(s) identified 1 2 0 -1 0 1 NR 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0.5 0.6

 Public risk communications/targeted 1 1 0 -1 0 1 NR 2 -1 1 2 0 0 0 0.3 0.6

 Public risk communications/broad 1 1 1 -1 0 0 NR 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0.8 0.4

 Message consistency for public 1 2 0 -1 0 0 NR 1 NR 1 2 0 NR 0 0.8 0.4

 Messages aimed to avoid public panic NR 1 0 -1 0 0 NR 2 NR 1 1 2 0 0 0.3 0.7

 Communications w/MBDS country NR 1 NI -1 NI 2 NR 0 NR 0 1 NI 0 0 0.5 0.3

 Communications w/MBDS office 1 1 NI -1 NI 2 NR 0 -1 0 NI NI 0 0 0.0 0.3

 Communications w/external partner 1 1 NI -1 NI 2 NR 0 -1 0 NI NI 0 0 0.0 0.3

MEAN 1.0 1.3 0.2 -1.0 0.0 1.0 -- 0.9 -0.6 0.6 1.7 0.6 0 0 0.4 0.5

1. CAMB = Cambodia; CYUN = China Yunnan-Province; CGUA = China Guangxi Province; LAOS = Laos; MYAN = Myanmar; THAI = Thailand; VIET = Vietnam

2. NI = not implemented; NR = no response