For dengue…
1. How can surveillance help to detect and control the disease?
It can detect outbreaks early and triggers rapid response (vector control, awareness campaigns) and monitor trends, seasonality, and geographic spread of dengue. Surveillance can help describe burden and risk groups (age, sex, area). It can evaluate the effectiveness of mosquito-control measures and also provide data for policy, planning, and advocacy.
2. Should we conduct active or passive surveillance or both for the disease, why?
Both are needed. While passive surveillance by routine reporting from health facilities continues, active surveillance by public health teams for active cases in schools or communities during dengue outbreaks ensures timely detection and response.
3. Which method should be best to identify cases, why?
a. Cases in medical facilities VS community (Cases in community because it can capture mild or unreported cases.)
b. Sentinel VS population-based surveillance (Sentinel because it can provide detailed, high-quality data)
c. Case-based VS aggregated surveillance (Case-based to analyze person, place, time and source)
d. Syndromic VS laboratory-confirmed surveillance (Syndromic because it allows early detection)
4. What dissemination tools will you choose to disseminate monkeypox surveillance information? Why do you choose this/these tools?
Ministry of Health Dashboard including a hotline number: the best official transparant way to reach communities and raise public awareness of disease including case count, trends and epi data together with social media platform like facebook and tiktok.
Routine periodic tools: are useful for official updates and global reporting with interoperability between clinical and public health data system.
These tools are chosen because monkeypox needs fast and accurate information sharing. Using online and real-time platforms ensures that health professionals and the public receive timely alerts, helping prevent the spread of the disease and improving international coordination.
