Status of HIV Case-Based Surveillance Implementation - 39 U.S. PEPFAR-Supported Countries, May–July 2019

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) case-based surveillance (CBS) systematically and continuously collects available demographic and health event data (sentinel events) about persons with HIV infection from diagnosis and, if available, throughout routine clinical care until death, to characterize HIV...

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Published inMMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Vol. 68; no. 47; pp. 1089 - 1095
Main Authors Holmes, Joshua R, Dinh, Thu-Ha, Farach, Nasim, Manders, Eric-Jan, Kariuki, James, Rosen, Daniel H, Kim, Andrea A
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LanguageEnglish
Published Atlanta U.S. Center for Disease Control 29.11.2019
Subjects
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Demographics
Emergency preparedness
Epidemics
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Infections
Information systems
Public health
Software
Surveillance
Viruses
Cameroon
Papua New Guinea
Myanmar (Burma)
Cambodia
Thailand
Kazakhstan
Vietnam
Laos
Kyrgyzstan
United States > US
Europe
Africa
Rwanda
Tanzania
Kenya
Switzerland
India
Barbados
Senegal
Asia
Botswana
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Ethiopia
Tajikistan
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Summary:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) case-based surveillance (CBS) systematically and continuously collects available demographic and health event data (sentinel events) about persons with HIV infection from diagnosis and, if available, throughout routine clinical care until death, to characterize HIV epidemics and guide program improvement. Surveillance signals such as high viral load, mortality, or recent HIV infection can be used for rapid public health action. To date, few standardized assessments have been conducted to describe HIV CBS systems globally. For this assessment, a survey was disseminated during May-July 2019 to all US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)--supported countries with CDC presence (46) to describe CBS implementation and identify facilitators and barriers. Despite these limitations, this is the first comprehensive global assessment of CBS implementation in PEPFAR-supported countries. CBS is an effective system for countries to monitor their HIV epidemics in real time and to better inform responses.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X