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

Country

CHIKVa

DENVa

YFVa

ZIKV (NC)a

ZIKV (C)a

Otherb

Australia

C

C

C

C

C

Ross River virus (C), West Nile (Kunjin) virus (C), Murray Valley Encephalitis virus (C), Japanese encephalitis virus (C), Barmah Forest virus (C)

Brunei Darussalam

Cambodia

S

S

S

S

S

China

S

S

S

S

S

Cook Islands

S

S

S

S

French Polynesia

C

C

C

Japan

S

S

S

S

S

Japanese encephalitis virus (S)

Kiribati

S

S

S

S

S

Lao People's Democratic Republic

N

S

N

N

N

Malaysia

C

S

S

S

S

JEV (C)

Nauru

S

S

Papua New Guinea

S

Philippines

S

S

S

S

S

JEV (S), WNV (S)

Singapore

S

S

S

S

S

JEV (S)

Vanuatu

C

C

C

C

C

Viet Nam

S

S

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

Australia

Yes

Ongoing. Surveillance of nationally notifiable arboviral diseases in humans is ongoing. National reporting of notifiable arboviral diseases to the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS)* is done under state and territory and federal legislation. Arboviral disease data reported to the NNDSS is reviewed by Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) every fortnight and published publicly. Arboviral disease surveillance reports are made available to NAMAC every 3 months, and annual reports are produced.

Primarily passive

Brunei Darussalam

Yes

Individual case surveillance

Primarily passive

Cambodia

Yes

Weekly

Primarily passive

China

Yes

daily and annual

Combination of active and passive

Cook Islands

Yes

Ongoing

Combination of active and passive

French Polynesia

Yes

Weekly

Combination of active and passive

Japan

Yes

All confined cases of listed arboviral diseases must be reported immediately by medical doctors to local government. Local goverment reports all cases to the Ministry of Health one a week.

Primarily passive

Kiribati

No

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Yes

Weekly

Combination of active and passive

Malaysia

Yes

within 24 hours from diagnosis

Combination of active and passive

Nauru

No

Papua New Guinea

Yes

Ad hoc

Primarily passive

Philippines

Yes

Weekly

Combination of active and passive

Singapore

Yes

Ongoing

Combination of active and passive

Vanuatu

Yes

Weekly

Combination of active and passive

Viet Nam

Yes

Weekly

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

China

Training course on the epidemiological investigation, laboratory detection, diagosis of Aedes-borne arboviral diseases were usually provided once or twice a year at national level.

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Selected provincial level trainings are conducted.

Malaysia

on the job training; in person seminar, online during COVID-19 Pandemic

Philippines

Frequency is dependent per assessment and request of regions. However, there are plans to standardize this.

Singapore

As part of on job training for relevant healthcare workers

Vanuatu

Conducted during annual national review meeting and supervisory visits at provincial level.

Viet Nam

annual training