Review of Current Arrangements for the Collection, Recording, Transfer and Reporting of National Trachoma Data
Trachoma Surveillance in Australia
Table of contents
- Executive Summary
- List of Recommendations
Introduction- Best Practice in Public Health Surveillance Systems
Trachoma Surveillance in Australia- 3.1 What is Trachoma?
- 3.2 Importance of Trachoma In Indigenous Populations
- 3.3 The purpose and operation of the surveillance system
- 3.4 The population under Surveillance
- 3.5 The Data elements collected for Trachoma Surveillance
- 3.6 Surveillance arrangements in the Northern Territory
- 3.7 Surveillance arrangements in Western Australia
- 3.8 Surveillance arrangements in South Australia
- 3.9 Surveillance arrangements at the NTSRU
- 3.10 Conclusion
- Evaluating the National Trachoma Surveillance System
- Conclusions and Recommendations
- Implementation plan and risk management strategy
- Appendices
This Chapter presents detailed information relating to the national trachoma data collection including the data collection instruments, the data collection process, the reports produced and associated expenditure. The information collected describes the current trachoma surveillance system against the headings used in the CDC Guidelines.