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IDSR : Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response AFENET Pre-Conference Workshop, November 17, 2013
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May 2014
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Description:This report documents key topics presented and discussed at the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) Workshop held on the 17th November 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The one day workshop was convened by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States Agency for International Development’s Africa Bureau (USAID/AFR) and the African Strategies for Health (ASH) project. The purpose of the workshop was to highlight and discuss progress in the implementation of IDSR in Africa. The workshop took place in conjunction with the 5th Scientific Conference of the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) held from 17 – 21 November 2013.
To build on discussions that took place during the December 2011 “Partners and Frameworks for IDSR and International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) Implementation” workshop,1 this November 2013 meeting aimed to provide participants with an update on progress in IDSR programming and implementation and a forum for sharing experiences, challenges and lessons learned.
This document was submitted by the African Strategies for Health (ASH) project to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under contract agreement AID-OOA-C-11-00161.
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