Public Health Surveillance for Cholera: Interim Guidance

Author: Kikosi Kazi cha Kimataifa cha Kudhibiti Kipindupindu

This GTFCC guidance provides interim recommendations for strengthening public health surveillance for cholera, superseding guidance published in 2017. It includes recommendations on definitions of “case” and “outbreak”; testing, including expanding the use of Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT); and the minimum data to be collected on suspected cholera cases. The updated guidance aims “to better inform timely and targeted multisectoral interventions to limit the spread of cholera and reduce morbidity and mortality.”

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United States Agency for International Development Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health, Save the Children, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, UK Med, EcoHealth Alliance, Mercy Malaysia

Tovuti hii imewezekana kwa msaada wa Watu wa Marekani kupitia Shirika la Maendeleo ya Kimataifa la Marekani (USAID) chini ya mpango wa TAYARI. READY (sio kifupi) inaungwa mkono na USAID  Ofisi ya Demokrasia, Migogoro, na Usaidizi wa KibinadamuOfisi ya Msaada wa Maafa ya Kigeni ya Marekani (OFDA)  na inaongozwa na Okoa Watoto  kwa kushirikiana na  Kituo cha Johns Hopkins cha Afya ya Kibinadamu,,  Kituo cha Johns Hopkins cha Mipango ya Mawasiliano UK-MedMuungano wa EcoHealth, na Rehema Malaysia. Yaliyomo kwenye tovuti hii ni jukumu pekee la Save the Children. Maelezo yaliyotolewa kwenye tovuti hii si lazima yaakisi maoni ya USAID, washirika wowote au wote wa muungano, au Serikali ya Marekani, na si taarifa rasmi ya Serikali ya Marekani.