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Worwor G, Harries AD, Merilles OE, et al. Syndromic surveillance in Vanuatu since Cyclone Pam: a descriptive study. Western Pac Surveill Response J. 2011;7(4):6-11doi: 10.5365/WPSAR.2016.7.3.009.
Worwor, G., Harries, A. D., Merilles, O. E., Viney, K., Rory, J. J., Taleo, G., & Guyant, P. (2016). Syndromic surveillance in Vanuatu since Cyclone Pam: a descriptive study. Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSAR, 7(4), 6-11. https://doi.org/10.5365/WPSAR.2016.7.3.009
Worwor, George, et al. "Syndromic surveillance in Vanuatu since Cyclone Pam: a descriptive study." Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSAR vol. 7,4 (2016): 6-11. doi: https://doi.org/10.5365/WPSAR.2016.7.3.009
Worwor G, Harries AD, Merilles OE, Viney K, Rory JJ, Taleo G, Guyant P. Syndromic surveillance in Vanuatu since Cyclone Pam: a descriptive study. Western Pac Surveill Response J. 2011 Dec 19;7(4):6-11. doi: 10.5365/WPSAR.2016.7.3.009. eCollection 2016. PMID: 28246576; PMCID: PMC5330215.
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Western Pac Surveill Response J. 2011 Dec 19;7(4):6-11. doi: 10.5365/WPSAR.2016.7.3.009. eCollection 2016.

Syndromic surveillance in Vanuatu since Cyclone Pam: a descriptive study.

Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSAR

George Worwor, Anthony David Harries, Onofre Edwin Merilles, Kerri Viney, Jean Jacques Rory, George Taleo, Philippe Guyant

Affiliations

  1. Ministry of Health, Port Villa, Vanuatu.; WHO Country Liaison Office, Port Vila, Vanuatu.
  2. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France.; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
  3. The Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia .
  4. Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia .
  5. Ministry of Health, Port Villa, Vanuatu .
  6. WHO Country Liaison Office, Port Vila, Vanuatu .

PMID: 28246576 PMCID: PMC5330215 DOI: 10.5365/WPSAR.2016.7.3.009

Abstract

In 2012, Vanuatu designed and implemented a syndromic surveillance system based on the guidelines developed by the Pacific Community and the World Health Organization to provide early warning of outbreaks and other important public health events. Four core syndromes were endorsed for surveillance: acute fever and rash, prolonged fever, influenza-like illness and acute watery diarrhoea. In March 2015, Vanuatu was struck by Cyclone Pam, after which several important changes and improvements to the country's syndromic surveillance were made. To date, there has been no formal evaluation of whether regular reports are occurring or that core syndromes are being documented. We therefore carried out a descriptive study in the 11 sentinel sites in Vanuatu conducting syndromic surveillance between July and December 2015. There was a total of 53 822 consultations which were higher in the first 13 weeks (

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