Steven Ssendagire, Mary Joan Karanja, Abdulkhadir Abdi, Mutaawe Lubogo, Abdullah Azad Al, Khadija Mzava, Abdinasir Yusuf Osman, Ahmed Mohamed Abdikarim, Mohamed Abdirahman Abdi, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, Abdirizak Mohamed, Hussein Sheik Ahmed, Nuralein Yusuf Hassan, Aden Hussein, Aisha Daud Ibrahim, Abdullahi Yusuf Mohamed, Ibrahim Mohamed Nur, Mukhtar Bulale Muhamed, Mohamed Abdelrahman Mohamed, Fawziya Abikar Nur, Hassan Sheik Ahmed Mohamed, Mohamed Mohamud Derow, Abdifatah Ahmed Diriye, Sk Md Mamunur Rahman Malik
INTRODUCTION: In 2021, a regional strategy for integrated disease surveillance was adopted by member states of the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region. But before then, member states including Somalia had made progress in integration of their disease surveillance systems. We report on the progress and experiences of implementing an integrated disease surveillance and response system in Somalia between 2016 and 2023. METHODS: We reviewed 20 operational documents and identified key integrated disease surveillance and response system (IDSRS) actions/processes implemented between 2016 and 2023...
2023: Frontiers in Public Health