Abstract: We conduct this study to determine whether measles surveillance system is active and flowing WHO standards. This study was conducted in Ombada Locality in Khartoum State capital of Sudan, Descriptive, and cross-sectional facility based study was conducted to Assess Measles surveillance System. This study designed to cover all surveillance facilities (n= 92). Our study found that all surveillance sites kept their weekly report (100%) timely and in completeness, about (13%) of the selected focal persons they were not aware about measles case definition while ( 87% )with full awareness, only 4.3% surveillance priority site receiving feedback from locality or state level and 95.7% never received any feedback and Our study revealed that a good documentation and setting in all surveillance faculties were showed particularly cases file and weekly reports. We highly recommended that staff training, improving data quality and management and periodic reviewing to insure proper feedback flow.
Keywords: Measles, evaluation, surveillance, Ombada.
Title: Assessment of Measles Surveillance System in Ombada Locality, Sudan 2013
Author: Dawria, Adam, Khadiga, Haroon, Ahmed, M.Hussein, Suleman Alkamil
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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