Electronic reporting of integrated disease surveillance and response: lessons learned from northeast, Nigeria, 2019

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dc.contributor.authorIbrahim, Luka Mangveep
dc.contributor.authorOkudo, Ifeanyi
dc.contributor.authorBaraka, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorMulombo, Walter Kazadi
dc.contributor.authorLasuba, Clement Lugala Peter
dc.contributor.authorNsubuga, Peter
dc.contributor.authorAlemu, Wondimagegnehu
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-22T16:17:57Z
dc.date.available2023-05-22T16:17:57Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractElectronic reporting of integrated disease surveillance and response (eIDSR) was implemented in Adamawa and Yobe states, Northeastern Nigeria, as an innovative strategy to improve disease reporting. Its objectives were to improve the timeliness and completeness of IDSR reporting by health facilities, prompt identification of public health events, timely information sharing, and public health action. We evaluated the project to determine whether it met its set objectives. We conducted a cross-sectional study to assess and document the lessons learned from the project. We reviewed the performance of the local government areas (LGAs) on timeliness and completeness of reporting, rumors identification, and reporting on the eIDSR and the traditional paper-based system using a checklist. Respondents were interviewed online on the relevance, efficiency, sustainability, project progress and effectiveness, the effectiveness of management, and potential impact and scalability of the strategy using structured questionnaires. Data were cleaned, analyzed, and presented as proportions using an MS Excel spreadsheet. Responses were also presented as direct quotes. The number of health facilities reporting IDSR increased from 103 to 228 (117%) before and after implementation of the eIDSR respectively. The timeliness of reporting was 43% in the LGA compared to 73% in health facilities implementing eIDSR. The completeness of IDSR reports in the last 6 months before the evaluation was ≥85%. Of the 201 rumors identified and verified, 161 (80%) were from the eIDSR pilot sites. The majority of the stakeholders interviewed believed that eIDSR met its predetermined objectives for public health surveillance. The benefits of eIDSR included timely reporting and response to alerts and disease outbreaks, improved timeliness, and completeness of reporting, and supportive supervision to the operational levels. The strategy helped stakeholders to appreciate their roles in public health surveillance. The eIDSR has increased the number of health facilities reporting IDSR, enabled early identification, reporting, and verification of alerts, improved timeliness and completeness of reports, and supportive supervision of staff at the operational levels. It was well accepted by the stakeholder as a system that made reporting easy with the potential to improve the public health surveillance system in Nigeria.en_US
dc.identifier.citationIbrahim, L. M., Okudo, I., Stephen, M., Ogundiran, O., Pantuvo, J. S., Oyaole, D. R., ... & Alemu, W. (2021). Electronic reporting of integrated disease surveillance and response: lessons learned from northeast, Nigeria, 2019. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 916.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10957-9en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/8775
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBMC Public Healthen_US
dc.subjecteIDSRen_US
dc.subjectElectronic reportingen_US
dc.subjectIntegrated disease surveillance and responseen_US
dc.titleElectronic reporting of integrated disease surveillance and response: lessons learned from northeast, Nigeria, 2019en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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