Integrated disease surveillance and response in the African Region: a guide for establishing community based surveillance
This document is intended to guide the establishment of Community-based Surveillance (CBS). Once in place, a CBS will, among other things, improve relations between communities and their local health system; function at a high level of sensitivity for reporting of the targeted diseases; and provide an active, rather than a passive, surveillance system. Eventually, a functioning CBS will benefit both the communities and the wider health system.
