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

Country

CHIKVa

DENVa

YFVa

ZIKV (NC)a

ZIKV (C)a

Otherb

Bangladesh

C

S

C

C

C

Japanese encephalitis virus (C)

Bhutan

S

S

S

JEV (S)

India

S

C

N

C

JEV (S)

Indonesia

S

S

N

S

S

JEV (S)

Maldives

S

S

S

S

S

JEV (S)

Myanmar

C

S

C

S

S

JEV (S)

Nepal

S

C

N

N

N

JEV (S)

Sri Lanka

S

S

S

S

Japanese encephalitis (S)

Thailand

S

S

N

C

C

JEV (C)

Timor-Leste

S

S

S

S

S

Japanese encephalitis (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

Bangladesh

Yes

Ongoing

Primarily passive

Bhutan

Yes

WeeklySevere dengue and DHF are reported as immediately notifiable diseases

Primarily passive

India

Yes

WeeklyDaily during outbreaks

Primarily passive

Indonesia

Yes

Ongoing

Combination of active and passive

Maldives

Yes

Ongoing

Combination of active and passive

Myanmar

Yes

Weekly

Primarily passive

Nepal

Yes

Ongoing

Primarily passive

Sri Lanka

Yes

Ongoing

Primarily passive

Thailand

Yes

Weekly

Primarily passive

Timor-Leste

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

Bangladesh

Training of health workers on Aedes Transmitted Disease Case management

Bhutan

All Neglected tropical diseases are included in the training and for vector surveillance, they do all mosquito identification and risk mapping

Indonesia

Conducted (no further description provided)

Maldives

There is at least one training annually, with COOVID19 last 2 years it was conducted virtually.

Myanmar

Yes, for dengue: Basic health staff (BHS) training for dengue prevention and control; clinical management guideline trainings to hospital and health centre staff; Vector borne diseases control staff training; Focal points training on Dengue surveillance system.

Nepal

Notification of dengue cases is conducted through two platform, 1. Health Management Information System (HMIS)- aggregated data on dengue is reported from all level of health facilities within the country, 2- Early Warning and Reporting System (EWARS)- reporting done by district hospital and above level which includes both private and public, detail dengue data is reported, however the limitation is data are only reported from sentinel sites which is currently 118 sites across the country.
Medical recorders from EWARS sites are provided regular training on notification of dengue cases integrated with trainings for all EWARS listed other 5 diseases.
HW in HF reporting through HMIS (all public and most private HF) have less frequent trainings on dengue notification

Sri Lanka

For Infection Control Nursing Officer, Regional and local public health teams, first contact medical officers, intern house officers and specialist medical officers, newly appointed Medical Officers of Health and Regional Epidemiologists etc
Routine capacity building programmes on surveillance case definition, notification process, field investigation, data management and response is conducted at local, district and national levels.

Thailand

Conducted (no further description provided)