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Table 2 Articles on IDSR core and support functions in Sub-Saharan Africa

From: Twenty years of integrated disease surveillance and response in Sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and opportunities for effective management of infectious disease epidemics

Study country/ region

Core

Support

Reference

1. Africa

X

✔

[14]

2. Africa

✔

✔

[11]

3. Africa

✔

✔

[19]

4. Africa

X

✔

[20]

5. Africa

X

✔

[16]

6. Africa

X

✔

[21]

7. Africa

✔

✔

[8]

8. Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali

X

✔

[22]

9. Democratic Republic of the Congo

X

✔

[23]

10. Ethiopia

✔ 

✔

[24]

11. Ethiopia

✔

✔

[25]

12. Ghana

✔

✔

[26]

13. Ghana

✔ 

✔

[27]

14. Ghana

✔ 

X

[28]

15. Ghana

X

✔

[29]

16. Guinea

X

✔

[30]

17. Guinea

✔ 

✔

[31]

18. Kenya

X

✔

[32]

19. Kenya

X

✔

[33]

20. Liberia

✔ 

✔

[34]

21. Madagascar

X

✔

[35]

22. Malawi

X

✔

[36]

23. Nigeria

✔ 

✔

[37]

24. Nigeria

X 

✔

[38]

25. Nigeria

✔ 

X

[39]

26. Nigeria

✔ 

✔

[40]

27. Rwanda

✔

✔ 

[41]

28. Sierra Leone

X

✔ 

[42]

29. Sudan

✔ 

✔

[43]

30. Tanzania

✔

✔

[44]

31. Tanzania

✔ 

✔

[45]

32. Tanzania

✔ 

✔

[46]

33. Tanzania

✔ 

✔ 

[47]

34. Tanzania

✔ 

✔ 

[48]

35. Tanzania

X

✔

[49]

36. Tanzania

✔ 

✔

[50]

37. Tanzania, Ghana

X 

✔

[51]

38. Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda, Zimbabwe

X

✔

[15]

39. Uganda

X

✔

[52]

40. Uganda

✔

✔

[53]

41. Uganda

✔ 

✔

[54]

42. Uganda

✔

✔

[55]

43. Zambia

X

✔

[56]

44. Zambia

 ✔

✔

[57]

45. Zambia

 ✔

✔

[10]

  1. Key: ✔=Article available; X= Article not available
  2. Core functions included case detection, case confirmation; case registration; case reporting; data management; data analysis, outbreak preparedness, outbreak response, and feedback
  3. Support functions included guidelines, laboratory capacity, supervision; training; resources (financial, human, material/equipment) and coordination