Resumen

RICARDO PUIG, Osmany; SANCHEZ FERNANDEZ, Ovidio Antonio  y  RODRIGUEZ GALLO, Martha Nieves. Technical report designing to improve the Nicaraguan Health Surveillance System. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2011, vol.11, n.1, pp. 223-234. ISSN 1727-8120.

An observational descriptive study was carried out to detect insufficiencies of the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health in notifying and reporting health-endangering events. Among the identified factors, there were lack of qualified personnel to assume responsibilities, lack of communication systems to transmit the information collected in communities and health units, and the inadequate informative discipline, feedback, and format inconsistency to collect of primary data, which attempted the information automatic processing, as well as the quality of daily and weekly reports. New formats were designed and implemented, which were later assessed as they improved the quality of the system of surveillance and detection of health-endangering problems.

Palabras clave : EPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE.

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