{
  "id": 12617001,
  "title": "Report 2025 IDSR Implementation Assessment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/report-2025-idsr-implementation-assessment",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-07T11:39:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "WHO Africa",
    "slug": "who-africa",
    "url": "https://www.afro.who.int/publications/report-2025-idsr-implementation-assessment"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "Report 2025 IDSR Implementation Assessment orlunwop@who.int Wed, 07/10/2026 - 12:39 Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) developed the first technical guidelines (TG) and began to implement the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy since 1998. The aim of this study was to assess the progress made in the implementation of the…",
  "key_points": [
    "WHO AFRO initiated IDSR implementation in 1998",
    "2020-2030 Regional Strategy assessed",
    "47 Member States surveyed for IDSR performance"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}