Reportable diseases by case classification status (ref Q11b, 11c)

Country

CHIKVa

DENVa

YFVa

ZIKV (NC)a

ZIKV (C)a

Otherb

Afghanistan

S

CCHFV (S)

Bahrain

S

S

S

S

S

Djibouti

C

C

C

N

N

Egypt

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

S

S

S

S

S

Iraq

N

S

S

N

N

Jordan

S

S

RVF (S), WNF (S), CCHF (S)

Kuwait

S

S

S

S

S

rift valley fever (S), other viral hemorrhagic diseases (S)

Lebanon

C

C

Libya

N

N

N

N

N

Morocco

S

S

S

S

S

Oman

C

S

S

S

S

CCHFV (S), WNV (S), RVFV (S), JEV (S)

Pakistan

C

C

C

C

C

CCHF

Palestinian Territory

N

C

C

C

C

Qatar

S

S

S

S

S

Saudi Arabia

C

S

C

C

C

RVFVALL, WNVALL

Somalia

S

S

S

S

Sudan

S

S

S

Rift valley fever (S)

Syrian Arab Republic

Tunisia

S

S

S

WNV (S)

United Arab Emirates

C

C

C

C

C

Yemen

S

WNV (C), Haemorrhagic fevers (S)

aS = All suspect cases; C = Confirmed cases only; N = Not reportable

bCCHFV = Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever virus; CHIKV = chikungunya virus; DENV = dengue virus; EEEV = Eastern equine encephalitis virus; MAYV = Mayaro virus; OROV = Oropouche virus; RVFV = Rift Valley fever virus; SFFV = Sand fly fever virus (Naples, Sicilian); TBEV = Tick-borne encephalitis virus; TOSV = Toscana virus; VEEV = Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus; WNV = West Nile virus; YFV = yellow fever virus


Surveillance for human cases of arboviral disease

Performance of national epidemiological surveillance for arboviral diseases in humans (ref Q12, 12b, 12c)

Country

Surveillance conducted

Frequency

Type

Afghanistan

I don't know

Bahrain

No

Djibouti

Yes

Continuous

Combination of active and passive

Egypt

Yes

Ongoing

Primarily passive

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Yes

Ongoing

Primarily passive

Iraq

No

Jordan

No

Kuwait

Yes

ongoing

Combination of active and passive

Lebanon

Yes

Ad hoc

Combination of active and passive

Libya

No

Morocco

No

Oman

Yes

Ongoing

Primarily passive

Pakistan

Yes

Ongoing

Primarily passive

Palestinian Territory

Yes

Ongoing

Primarily passive

Qatar

No

Saudi Arabia

Yes

Weekly

Combination of active and passive

Somalia

No

Sudan

Yes

Ongoing

Combination of active and passive

Syrian Arab Republic

No

Tunisia

Yes

Weekly

Combination of active and passive

United Arab Emirates

Yes

Weekly

Combination of active and passive

Yemen

Yes

Ongoing

Combination of active and passive


Training sessions for healthcare workers on notification of Aedes-borne arboviral diseases

Training of healthcare workers on reporting Aedes-borne arboviral diseases (ref Q13)

Country

Description of training

Afghanistan

The Trainings covered CCHF, Dengue and other vector born disease

Bahrain

As part of training health care workers about notification of other communicable disease

Egypt

Included in the training of routine surveillance.
For the time being we started launching of haemorrhagic fever sentinel sites.

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Job training is done differently in all levels of the health system under supervision of three programs i.e., (1) Syndromic Surveillance program, (2) Aedes Borne Diseases Control Program, and (3) Zoonosis Diseases Control Program(CCHF).

Iraq

The training occurs as part of the routine activities for the annual surveillance plan.

Kuwait

regular training is provided to healthcare workers for infectious disease surveillance

Lebanon

Training on polio/acute flaccid paralysis surveillance: during that training, WNV surveillance is explained.

Oman

Workshops on Communicable Diseases Surveillance are being conducted in governorates.

Pakistan

In the districts where IDSR had been implemented, training sessions for healthcare workers had been conducted for notifying Dengue Fever and Chikungunya.

Qatar

It is part of the disease surveillance and reporting the cases.

Saudi Arabia

four to five sessions are regularly conducted each year to train the involved staff according to their jobs and responsibilities.

Sudan

we conduct basic and refresher training targeting the doctor, surveillance focal person, and lab technician about the surveillance system including the notifiable disease, also arbovirus disease in the list mandatory notification, data flow, case investigation, outbreak investigation, the sample is taken and send

Tunisia

The National Observatory for New and Emerging Diseases organizes training and awareness days on emerging arboviruses, West Nile, Chikungunya, Dengue and Zika for public and private sector including health professionals and veterinarians. Inter-regional training sessions involving health personnel are organized each year.