Regional surveillance systems for CAREC member countries: interim policy guidelines

ABSTRACT

All CAREC member countries must have functioning surveillance systems for communicable and noncommunicable diseases and deaths. Each country must also have guidelines approved and endorsed by relevant authorities in the Ministry of Health to support these systems. This regional policy guidelines document is i) a guide for the development or strengthening of national surveillance guidelines for communicable and non-communicable diseases and deaths; ii) intended to be used as an advocacy tool for the development of national and regional surveillance systems for communicable and non-communicable diseases and deaths; iii) a description of the regional surveillance systems for communicable and non-communicable diseases and deaths.