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. 2022 Jul 29;42:243. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.42.243.26563

Table 3(suite).

distribution of challenges per indicators and packages by WHO regions and globally, May 2020

Package Indicator Challenges AFRO (N=44) EMRO (N=17) EURO (N=14) SEARO (N=8) WPRO (N=11) Global (N=94)
D.2 Real time surveillance D.2.1 Indicator and event-based surveillance No or insufficient event-based surveillance (human health sector, animal sector, environment sector, insufficient geographical coverage, insufficient implementation, no list of priority event or case definition) 30(68%) 15(88%) 6(43%) 0(0%) 4(36%) 55(59%)
Weak / insufficient community-based surveillance in all provinces 21(48%) 1(6%) 6(43%) 1(13%) 0(0%) 29(31%)
Weak data management (collation, validation, quality audits, completeness, promptness) at each level in human and / or animal sector 20(45%) 7(41%) 7(50%) 3(38%) 4(36%) 41(44%)
Low involvement of hospitals and / or private sector in surveillance 15(34%) 5(29%) 0(0%) 3(38%) 1(9%) 24(26%)
Insufficient timeliness of reporting / complete and timely surveillance reports 9(20%) 1(6%) 4(29%) 5(63%) 0(0%) 19(20%)
D.2.2 Interoperable, interconnected, electronic real-time reporting system Need of training on surveillance (Health workers, community members, private sector, IDSR, maintenance, event-based surveillance) 21(48%) 4(24%) 5(36%) 3(38%) 4(36%) 37(39%)
No or insufficient use of electronic reporting systems for notifiable diseases for human health and animal health 20(45%) 15(88%) 9(64%) 7(88%) 7(64%) 58(62%)
Human surveillance system is not or is insufficiently interconnected and interoperable with animal and environment sectors surveillance 28(64%) 10(59%) 4(29%) 3(38%) 6(55%) 51(54%)
Collaboration between the human and animal health sectors in the area of zoonotic diseases should be strengthened 15(34%) 5(29%) 6(43%) 2(25%) 5(45%) 33(35%)
Weak internet connectivity in the health facilities and / or low availability of IT materials. 8(18%) 3(18%) 0(0%) 1(13%) 4(36%) 16(17%)
D.2.3 Analysis of surveillance data Insufficient capacity of surveillance officers on data analysis at the district level 21(48%) 10(59%) 4(29%) 5(63%) 4(36%) 44(47%)
No mechanism in place to link epidemiological and laboratory data 15(34%) 7(41%) 0(0%) 2(25%) 2(18%) 26(28%)
No centrally located mechanism for integrating data from clinical case reporting and data from clinical or reference microbiological laboratories 15(34%) 1(6%) 0(0%) 4(50%) 0(0%) 20(21%)
No / insufficient analysis of surveillance data at district level 15(34%) 4(24%) 3(21%) 2(25%) 2(18%) 26(28%)
Insufficient development of complete and timely report by each surveillance system (Publishing and disseminating surveillance reports or bulletins on a weekly basis) 7(16%) 4(24%) 0(0%) 3(38%) 0(0%) 14(15%)
D.2.4 Syndromic surveillance No or weak syndromic surveillance 12(27%) 5(29%) 5(36%) 3(38%) 2(18%) 27(29%)
Reporting should be systematically shared with relevant sectors 16(36%) 4(24%) 1(7%) 2(25%) 0(0%) 23(24%)

N represents the number of countries that completed JEE in each region. Blue cells indicate main challenges.