EPIVIGILA system and notifiable diseases: strength of data in epidemiological surveillance.

ABSTRACT

The epidemiological surveillance of communicable diseases, an essential function in public health, requires the management of clear, accurate and reliable information to achieve with a faster analysis of its results, early detection and its consequent timely response to events. In Chile, surveillance and control during the COVID-19 pandemic were successful to a large extent because the country had an integrated notification platform, the EPIVIGILA system, which was outstanding in proving its usefulness in this complex epidemiological context, among other efficient tools of new information technologies, due to the strength and diversity of the data it collects and thanks to the innovative essence of its conception. The objective of this study was to describe the architecture of the EPIVIGILA platform for notifiable diseases as a tool for public health surveillance and control in Chile.Copyright © 2023, Editorial Ciencias Medicas. All rights reserved.