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	E-Surveillance for Investigating Capacity of Health Systems to Detect and Control Infectious Diseases of Poverty: A Case of Kitui South Sub-County
	Muli, Elizabeth M.; Makokha, Francis W.; Lusichi, Dismas M.; Hunja, Carol W.
通讯作者	Muli, EM (corresponding author), Tech Univ Kenya, POB 52428, Nairobi 00200, Kenya.
会议名称	IST-Africa Conference (IST-Africa)
会议日期	MAY 18-22, 2020
会议地点	ELECTR NETWORK
英文摘要	This research aimed to establish the capacity of the Kitui County Health System to deal with infectious diseases of poverty including epidemics. This region is considered arid and semi-arid and registers poverty levels of approximately 40%. These factors contribute to a high burden of diseases of poverty hence the need to investigate the capacity of the county health systems to detect and subsequently control infectious diseases. The study site was Kitui South sub-county and the medical facilities located in this region were visited and Key Informant Interviews (KII) conducted on medical personnel and observation was used to collect data. A web based surveillance system was created to capture the collected data. The data was then analysed and reports generated which included the infectious diseases ravaging the residents of Kitui South sub-county e.g. intestinal worms, amoebiasis, and dysentery. In addition, we also noted that the medical facilities in Kitui South have limited staffing including laboratory technicians required for laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases. Finally, it was evident that the facilities lacked relevant diagnostic equipment and where available, frequent power outages hindered the process. The findings of this study were then packaged in a web based surveillance system, which can be accessed by stakeholders in the health sector for informed decision making. This will assist the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the County Government of Kitui in providing quality health services to the citizens and achieve the goals of universal health care, which is one of the social pillars of Kenya Vision 2030. It will also promote a centralized monitoring and surveillance of these facilities.
英文关键词	ICT Health Systems Surveillance Infectious Diseases
来源出版物	2020 IST-AFRICA CONFERENCE (IST-AFRICA)
出版年	2020
ISBN	978-1-905824-65-6
出版者	IEEE
类型	Proceedings Paper
语种	英语
收录类别	CPCI-S
WOS记录号	WOS:000618861200005
WOS类目	Computer Science, Theory & Methods
WOS研究方向	Computer Science
资源类型	会议论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/365545
作者单位	[Muli, Elizabeth M.; Lusichi, Dismas M.] Tech Univ Kenya, POB 52428, Nairobi 00200, Kenya; [Makokha, Francis W.] Mt Kenya Univ, POB 342, Thika 01000, Kenya; [Hunja, Carol W.] South Eastern Kenya Univ, POB 170, Kitui 90200, Kenya
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Muli, Elizabeth M.,Makokha, Francis W.,Lusichi, Dismas M.,et al. E-Surveillance for Investigating Capacity of Health Systems to Detect and Control Infectious Diseases of Poverty: A Case of Kitui South Sub-County[C]:IEEE,2020.