Written arbovirus surveillance plans

Surveillance plans and the viruses covered (ref Q6, 6b)

		Aedes-borne viruses covered in plans
Country	Nature of surveillance plans	CHIKV	DENV	YFV	ZIKV	Other arbovirus(es) covereda
Afghanistan	Within general surveillance guidelines		X			CCHFV
Bahrain	Within general surveillance guidelines			X
Djibouti	None
Egypt	Arbovirus-specific		X	X		RVF
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Arbovirus-specific	X	X		X
Iraq	Within general surveillance guidelines		X	X
Jordan	Within general surveillance guidelines			X
Kuwait	Arbovirus-specific	X	X	X	X	rift valley fever
Lebanon	Arbovirus-specific	X	X		X	wnv
Libya	None
Morocco	Within general surveillance guidelines				X
Oman	Within general surveillance guidelines		X	X		CCHF
Pakistan	Arbovirus-specific		X
Palestinian Territory	None
Qatar	None
Saudi Arabia	Arbovirus-specific		X
Somalia	Within general surveillance guidelines	X	X	X
Sudan	Arbovirus-specific	X	X	X
Syrian Arab Republic	None
Tunisia	Arbovirus-specific	X	X		X	WNV
United Arab Emirates	Within general surveillance guidelines					only general circulars and control plans
Yemen	Arbovirus-specific	X	X			WNV
aCCHFV = 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

National programme for arboviral diseases surveillance (ref Q7)

Iran (Islamic Republic of), Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia reported having a specific arbovirus programme, whereas Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Pakistan, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, Yemen had arboviral disease surveillance integrated into another programme. No programme reported by Djibouti, Morocco, Palestinian Territory, Qatar.

Training provided to arboviral surveillance staff (ref Q10)

Country	One-time basic traininga	Repeated/continuing basic traininga	One-time advanced trainingb	Repeated/continuing advanced trainingb	None
Afghanistan	X	X	X
Bahrain	X
Djibouti	X
Egypt
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	X	X
Iraq
Jordan					X
Kuwait		X
Lebanon					X
Libya					X
Morocco	X
Oman		X
Pakistan	X
Palestinian Territory	X	X
Qatar					X
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
Sudan	X	X	X
Syrian Arab Republic					X
Tunisia			X
United Arab Emirates		X
Yemen
aData capture and analysis (MS Excel, MS Access, EpiInfo) and/or geographic information systems (GIS)
bStatistical software for data analysis (e.g. STATA, R, SAS, Tableau, etc.) and GIS