In 2022, Vanuatu implemented an electronic notification (e-Notification) system to collect reports of SARS-CoV-2 and the evaluation among healthcare workers found that e-notifications were acceptable and preferred to standard paper-based systems.
This study will expand the use of e-Notification to include additional notifiable diseases and to assess the feasibility and acceptability of electronic notifications for infectious disease surveillance in Vanuatu.
The objectives of the research are:
2024.
The primary study is a single arm, prospective, pilot project to gather notifications of four selected notifiable diseases detected in health centres, hospitals and private/NGO clinics in two provinces in Vanuatu (Shefa and Sanma provinces).
A secondary study is comprised of a pre-and post-intervention knowledge, attitudes and practices survey that will be conducted with medical officers.
Evidence generated to inform the National Surveillance, Emergency Response and Research Unit on the potential to include e-notifications nationally.
The system is designed to be reproducible in other Pacific Island Countries and coding and database infrastructure will be shared if requested.
Data gathered in the project will increase understanding of the distribution of four selected notifiable diseases in Shefa and Sanma provinces.
WHO TDR
Note: Vanuatu MOH is the recipient of funding for this project.
Vanuatu Ministry of Health