Arboviral disease surveillance staff perceptions

Surveillance staff perceptions of factors contributing to success or barriers/challenges in human arboviral disease surveillance (ref Q14)

Country

Successes

Barriers

Afghanistan

Bahrain

Late notification sometimes

Djibouti

Egypt

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Iraq

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Absence of trained human resources.
No budget.
Out of priority of decision makers.
Absence of specific lab confirmation facility for Arbovirus.

Morocco

Oman

HCW awareness, resources, SH engagment

Pakistan

Palestinian Territory

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

High Political Commitment. A unique collaboration between the governmental sectors involved in the arboviral disease control. Strong integrated surveillance system.

Cross boarding the arboviral disease from neighbouring countries. (huge influx of workers from endemic countries) introduce the disease in free areas.

Somalia

Sudan

Syrian Arab Republic

Tunisia

Skills building through awareness training days

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Diagnosis tools are available at all levels (rapid test and Eliza). Training on use of RDT.

The geographical distribution of the disease increased during the last 3 years. Case management most of the deaths are related to mismanagement of the cases. Humanitarian crisis, no mapping of stereotype in the country and IDP movement - contributing to the movement of the virus to new areas that previously didn't report cases...