Institutionalized data quality assessments: a critical pathway to improving the accuracy of integrated disease surveillance data in Sierra Leone

• Main Authors: Charles Njuguna (Author), Mohamed Vandi (Author), Malimbo Mugagga (Author), Joseph Kanu (Author), Evans Liyosi (Author), Alexander Chimbaru (Author), Wilson Gachari (Author), Victor Caulker (Author), Stephen Sesay (Author), Jane Githuku (Author), Zabulon Yoti (Author), Ali Ahmed Yahaya (Author), Ambrose Talisuna (Author), Ibrahima Socé Fall (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Public health agencies require valid, timely and complete health information for early detection of outbreaks. Towards the end of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in 2015, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS), Sierra Leone revitalized the Integrated Disease Surveill...