Surveillance for the Expanded Programme on Immunization

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1-1-1994

Journal

Boletin - Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana

Volume

117

Issue

3

Abstract

Surveillance systems include routine reporting, sentinel surveillance, and community-based reporting. Data from ongoing survelliance should be linked with those from supervision, health facility assessments, population surveys, and outbreak investigations to provide information for programme planning, implementation, valuation, and modification. The establishment of goals to reduce measles cases by 90%, eliminate neonatal tetanus, and eradicate poliomyelitis has put increased emphasis on the need for effective disease surveillance. This opportunity should be taken to promote strengthening of national routine systems for disease surveillance, to make them effective instruments for prevention and control of diseases of public health importance. -from English summary

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