Table 1. Distribution by country of responders, requests for information and responses in the EpiCore disease surveillance project, November 2015 to September 2017.
| Country | No. of requests for information sent | Total no. of EpiCore responders in country | No. of responses to requests for information | No. (%) of requests for information with at least one response | No. (%) of usefula responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 121 | 186 | 91 | 60 (50) | 72 (79) |
| United States | 78 | 399 | 38 | 51 (65) | 37 (97) |
| Pakistan | 51 | 86 | 97 | 37 (73) | 70 (72) |
| Iraq | 43 | 20 | 29 | 22 (51) | 24 (83) |
| Egypt | 30 | 18 | 18 | 17 (57) | 17 (94) |
| Saudi Arabia | 30 | 12 | 9 | 13 (43) | 6 (67) |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 30 | 0b | 0 | 19 (63) | 0 (0) |
| Nigeria | 19 | 189 | 176 | 19 (100) | 171 (97) |
| Bangladesh | 16 | 33 | 11 | 8 (50) | 10 (91) |
| Brazil | 14 | 32 | 21 | 11 (79) | 11 (52) |
| Angola | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Nepal | 12 | 25 | 21 | 6 (50) | 17 (81) |
| Israel | 11 | 7 | 9 | 7 (64) | 7 (78) |
| South Africa | 10 | 19 | 8 | 7 (70) | 8 (100) |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 61 | 15 | 9 (90) | 11 (73) |
| Russian Federation | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 (56) | 3 (75) |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 (25) | 0 (0) |
| Kenya | 8 | 25 | 8 | 6 (75) | 5 (63) |
| Myanmar | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 (25) | 3 (100) |
| Philippines | 8 | 77 | 10 | 8 (100) | 10 (100) |
| All other countries | 231 | 719 | 790 | 157 (68) | 187 (93) |
| Total | 759 | 1923c | 1358 | 466 (61) | 669 (87) |
a Useful responses are identified by the requester when a response contributes information supporting, providing additional data or refuting an event.
b Requests for information may be sent to respondents in neighbouring countries if there are no members in the country where the event is occurring.
c The total number of EpiCore responders in this table includes only those members in countries where a request for information was sent. This table lists the 20 countries with the most requests for information received.