Evaluation of cholera surveillance systems in Africa: a systematic review

Kyeng Mercy, Ganesh Pokhariyal, Noah Takah Fongwen, Lucy Kivuti-Bitok
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Despite several interventions on the control of cholera, it still remains a significant public health problem in Africa. According to the World Health Organization, 251,549 cases and 4,180 deaths (CFR: 2.9%) were reported from 19 African countries in 2023. Tools exist to enhance the surveillance of cholera but there is limited evidence on their deployment and application. There is limited evidence on the harmonization of the deployment of tools for the evaluation of cholera surveillance. We systematically reviewed available literature on the deployment of these tools in the evaluation of surveillance systems in Africa.Three electronic databases (PubMed, Medline and Embase) were used to search articles published in English between January 2012 to May 2023. Grey literature was also searched using Google and Google Scholar. Only articles that addressed a framework used in cholera surveillance in Africa were included. The quality of articles was assessed using the appropriate tools. Data on the use of surveillance tools and frameworks were extracted from articles for a coherent synthesis on their deployment.A total of 13 records (5 frameworks and 8 studies) were fit for use for this study. As per the time of the study, there were no surveillance frameworks specific for the evaluation of surveillance systems of cholera in Africa, however, five frameworks for communicable diseases and public health events could be adapted for cholera surveillance evaluation. None (0%) of the studies evaluated capacities on cross border surveillance, multisectoral one health approach and linkage of laboratory networks to surveillance systems. All (100%) studies assessed surveillance attributes even though there was no synergy in the attributes considered even among studies with similar objectives. There is therefore the need for stakeholders to harmoniously identify a spectrum of critical parameters and attributes to guide the assessment of cholera surveillance system performance.
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尽管在控制霍乱方面采取了多项干预措施,但霍乱仍然是非洲的一个重大公共卫生问题。根据世界卫生组织的数据,2023 年,19 个非洲国家报告了 251549 例霍乱病例和 4180 例死亡病例(病死率:2.9%)。目前已有加强霍乱监测的工具,但有关其部署和应用的证据有限。关于统一部署霍乱监测评估工具的证据也很有限。我们系统地回顾了有关在非洲监测系统评估中部署这些工具的现有文献。我们使用三个电子数据库(PubMed、Medline 和 Embase)检索了 2012 年 1 月至 2023 年 5 月间发表的英文文章。此外,还使用谷歌和谷歌学术搜索灰色文献。只有涉及非洲霍乱监测框架的文章才被收录。文章的质量使用适当的工具进行评估。从文章中提取了有关使用监测工具和框架的数据,以便对这些工具和框架的部署情况进行连贯的综合分析。共有 13 条记录(5 个框架和 8 项研究)适合用于本研究。在研究期间,还没有专门用于评估非洲霍乱监测系统的监测框架,但有 5 个用于传染病和公共卫生事件的框架可用于霍乱监测评估。没有一项研究(0%)评估了跨境监测能力、多部门统一卫生方法以及实验室网络与监测系统的联系。所有研究(100%)都对监测属性进行了评估,但即使在目标相似的研究中,所考虑的属性也没有协同作用。因此,利益相关者需要协调确定一系列关键参数和属性,以指导霍乱监测系统性能的评估。
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