Level of integrated disease surveillance response practice and associated factors among health professionals working at public hospitals in West Harerge zone, Oromia, Eastern Ethiopia

Abstract

Disease surveillance plays a critical role in the early detection and mitigation of public health threats like emerging patterns and trends of diseases, and develops targeted interventions. The health workforces across all health system levels are instrumental in effectively implementing an integrated disease surveillance response system. However, there is limited study on the level of integrated disease surveillance response practice among health professionals in Ethiopia. Thus, this study was aimed to assess the level of integrated disease surveillance response practice among health professionals.