Title : Evaluation of the COVID-19 Surveillance Subsystem, Sud, Haiti, May 2022
Abstract:
Introduction: A robust monitoring system is essential for a correct estimation of the disease and epidemic burden. In the southern department, there were 1,365 confirmed cases including 58 deaths as of February 23, 2022. Public health surveillance is "the collection, analysis, the systematic and continuous interpretation and dissemination of data concerning events related to health for use in public health actions aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality and improve health. The objective of this study was to evaluate the Surveillance System of the COVID-19 of the Department of the South.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in May 2022. The attributes Quantitative and qualitative aspects of the COVID-19 surveillance system were assessed using the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for system evaluation public health. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data on attributes of this system. Excel and Epi info 7 were used for data analysis.
Results: 31 people were interviewed. We found a simplicity of 80%, a flexibility of 84%, a sensitivity of 76%, a representativeness of 64% and an acceptability of 45%.
Conclusion: the COVID-19 surveillance system in the South department is useful. He is simple, flexible, less acceptable on the other hand, sensitivity and representativeness are not efficient. Improve acceptability, sensitivity and representativeness.
Keywords: COVID-19, pandemic, epidemic, South, evaluation, system, monitoring
