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

Bangladesh

None

Bhutan

Arbovirus-specific

X

JEV

India

Arbovirus-specific

X

X

X

JEV

Indonesia

Arbovirus-specific

X

X

X

JEV

Maldives

Arbovirus-specific

X

X

X

Myanmar

Arbovirus-specific

X

X

JEV

Nepal

Arbovirus-specific

X

JEV

Sri Lanka

Arbovirus-specific

X

Japanese Encephalitis virus

Thailand

Arbovirus-specific

X

X

X

JEV

Timor-Leste

Arbovirus-specific

X

X

X

X

JEV

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)

Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka reported having a specific arbovirus programme, whereas Bhutan, Indonesia, Maldives, Thailand, Timor-Leste had arboviral disease surveillance integrated into another programme.


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

Bangladesh

X

Bhutan

X

India

X

Indonesia

X

X

Maldives

X

Myanmar

X

X

Nepal

X

Sri Lanka

X

Thailand

X

Timor-Leste

X

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