Utilization of surveillance systems for guiding health interventions

Abstract

The need for a better surveillance system in public health has become increasingly obvious in
recent years (1). A lot of progresses have been achieved in utilizing surveillance systems to
provide guidance for appropriate public health actions in the developed world. In the contrary,
surveillance systems in many developing countries are in their infancy at best. Thus, public
health actions are not properly guided and monitored by context related evidences.