Volume 26, Number 2—February 2020
Dispatch
Use of Surveillance Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System for Human Monkeypox Outbreak, Nigeria, 2017–2019
Bernard C. Silenou, Daniel Tom-Aba, Olawunmi Adeoye, Chinedu C. Arinze, Ferdinand Oyiri, Anthony K. Suleman, Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye, Juliane Dörrbecker, Chikwe Ihekweazu, and Gérard Krause
Table 1
Qualitative comparison of attributes of SORMAS and the conventional surveillance system in response to monkeypox outbreak in Nigeria, November 2017–July 2019
| Attribute | SORMAS | CS | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average time for data to arrive at NCDC from LGAs |
2 min |
2 d |
For the CS, the DSNOs sent the paper case forms by post to NCDC, thus requiring longer time for case forms to arrive at NCDC. |
| Average time to update data (sample results from the laboratory, case classification, outcome, contacts) per case |
5 min |
20 min |
Update in SORMAS requires searching for a case in the case directory and directly updating the fields. For the CS, the database was Excel (https://www.microsoft.com), and each type of case data was stored on a different Excel sheet, thus increasing the time and complexity of updating case data. |
| Workload to transfer cases from paper forms to database at NCDC |
Less |
More |
With the CS, all case forms were entered in an Excel database at NCDC; with SORMAS, 90 (38%) of the 240 cases were entered directly from the field by DSNOs. |
| Availability of dashboard and statistics module to generate epidemiologic indicators for disease surveillance (e.g., case classification status, epidemic curve, laboratory test results, fatalities, and map of spatial distribution of cases and contact persons) | Yes | No | SORMAS had a dashboard that displayed the needed surveillance indicators; the CS did not. |
*CS, conventional system; DSNOs, district surveillance notification officers; NCDC, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control; LGAs, local government areas; SORMAS, Surveillance Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System.
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