national disease surveillance system of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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The national disease surveillance system of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the country’s coordinated public health infrastructure for detecting, monitoring, and reporting infectious diseases and outbreaks to guide timely response and control measures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national health information system
public health surveillance system
aimsTo reduce morbidity from infectious diseases
reduce mortality from infectious diseases
strengthen health security
alignedWith Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response strategy NERFINISHED
International Health Regulations (2005) NERFINISHED
collaboratesWith Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention NERFINISHED
UNICEF NERFINISHED
World Health Organization NERFINISHED
non-governmental organizations
component community-based surveillance
event-based surveillance
indicator-based surveillance
laboratory surveillance
coordinatedBy Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Prevention of the Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED
country Democratic Republic of the Congo
dataSource community health workers
health facilities
laboratories
points of entry
dataType case reports
laboratory test results
mortality data
syndromic data
geographicCoverage district
national
provincial
includes case-based surveillance for priority diseases
outbreak investigation mechanisms
routine surveillance
sentinel surveillance sites
monitors emerging infectious diseases
endemic diseases
epidemic-prone diseases
outbreaks
vaccine-preventable diseases
zoonotic diseases
purpose detect infectious diseases
guide disease control measures
guide outbreak response
monitor infectious diseases
report infectious diseases
supports early warning of outbreaks
public health decision-making
rapid response teams
risk assessment
uses electronic reporting platforms
standard case definitions
standard reporting forms

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Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo oversees national disease surveillance system of the Democratic Republic of the Congo