Classical Reporting System

Contexte	Official surveillance system relies on official laws. The Lebanese Law related to communicable diseases issued on the 31st December 1957 requests from physicians and healthcare facilities to report to the MOPH selected communicable diseases. On the other hand, the MOPH issues continuously decisions, circulars, and memos that specifies technical aspects of the national surveillance system (case definitions, forms…).
Objectives	- Measure disease burden and describe the characteristics. This includes: a) Measure incidence, prevalence, and mortality rates; b) Describe event/disease by time, place and person; c) Monitor trends; d) Identify high risk populations or areas; e) Identify risk factors; f) Evaluate specific diseases control programs. - Detect alerts and outbreaks. The detection of an outbreak gives an opportunity to investigate, find etiologies and implement corrective measures, thus aiming to reduce cases and prevent later outbreaks. Early warning and response system refers to the outbreak detection at early stages; when timely corrective measures can prevent additional new cases and stop the natural evolution of the outbreak.
Target diseases and syndromes	40 diseases and syndromes are targetted by the classical surveillance system. The diseases are displayed in 2 groups: immediate notification and weekly notification: - The immediate notifiable diseases and syndromes are: Acute Flaccid Paralysis, Anthrax, Cholera, Diphtheria, Food Poisoning, Hemorrhagic Fever, Influenza novel viruses, Invasive Coranaviruses, Measles, Meningitis, Meningococcal infection, Mumps, Pertussis, Plague, Rabies, Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome, Smallpox, Tetanus including Tetanus Neonatorum, and Unusual Event - The weekly notifiable diseases and syndromes are: Bilharziasis, Brucellosis, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy), Gonococcal Infection,Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis D, Hepatitis E, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus 1, Hydatid Disease, Intestinal Infections, Legionellosis, Leishmaniasis, Leprosy, Malaria, Syphilis, Tuberculosis, Typhoid Fever and Typhus.
Data Sources	All Physicians and Healthcare facilities
Guidelines	- Communicable diseases surveillance guideline: Ar, En - Communicable diseases surveillance standard operating procedures - part 1 (immediately notifiable diseases): En - Communicable diseases surveillance standard operating procedures - part 2 (weekly notifiable diseases): En
Case definitions	Refer to webpages "Notifiable Diseases"
Form	Reporting form
Results	Refer to webpage "Surveillance data"

Classical reporting system