TY - JOUR AU - Lenaway, Dennis D. AU - Perry, Helen AU - Fagan, Robert PY - 2014/03/03 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A Conceptual Strategy for Stengthening eSurveillance in the African Region JF - Online Journal of Public Health Informatics JA - OJPHI VL - 6 IS - 1 SE - Oral Presentations DO - 10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5009 UR - https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/5009 SP - AB - Many local and international stakeholders have independently pursued solutions for electronic surveillance and reporting in African countries resulting in multiple systems of varying effectiveness and minimum interoperability.  CDC lead a developmental process that engaged various partner organizations, including the WHO Regional Office for Africa, to conceptualize a strategy for providing region-wide governance of eSurveillance and the creation of the African Surveillance Informatics Governing Board to address standards, policy, infrastructure, workforce, and resource needs to strengthening surveillance and reporting capacity. ER -