Report 2025 IDSR Implementation Assessment

The World Health Organization's Regional Office for Africa developed the first technical guidelines and initiated implementation of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response strategy in 1998. This study aimed to assess the progress made in implementing the 2020-2030 Regional Strategy for IDSR, as well as evaluate the performance of the core and support functions of Member States' IDSR systems.

This was a cross-sectional retrospective study that assessed IDSR implementation across the WHO AFRO's 47 Member States. Data was gathered using a structured online questionnaire, designed in the KOBO-collect application in English and French, and sent to all 47 IDSR Focal Points in WHO country offices. Heads of disease surveillance units in ministries of health were involved in completing the questionnaire. Data was reviewed and validated by Member States, and analyzed using Excel and R.