Regional Initiatives in Support of Surveillance in East Africa: The East Africa Integrated Disease Surveillance Network (EAIDSNet) Experience

Figures & data

Fig. 1 Organogram of the EAC indicating where EAIDSNet is situated. Source: EAIDSNet.

Table 1. List of priority diseases for EAIDSNet cross-border disease surveillance.

		Frequency of Reporting
1	Acute haemorrhagic fevers	Immediate	Weekly
2	Cholera	Immediate	Weekly
3	Yellow fever	Immediate	Weekly
4	Measles	Immediate	Weekly
5	Plague	Immediate	Weekly
6	(AFP) Poliomyelitis^1	Immediate	Weekly
7	Bloody diarhoea		Weekly
8	Cerebro-spinal meningitis		Weekly
9	Neonatal tetanus		Weekly
10	Rabies (animal bites)		Weekly
11	Malaria		Weekly
12	Typhoid fever			Monthly
13	Diarrhea in <5 years			Monthly

Fig. 2 Map showing the Kenya-Uganda border town of Busia, where EAIDSNet conducted a field simulation exercise to test the Kenyan and Ugandan HPAI preparedness and response plans. Source: Google Maps.