Surveillance system involves health staff from multi-disciplines, either in government or non-government health facilities. Effective infectious disease surveillance will “contribute to” an effective control of the disease. An effective surveillance system needs to have standards in terminology, reporting formats and methods in order to ensure quality of the surveillance system and to enable easier/consumer friendly participation by those involved.

Ministry of Health (MOH) has a standard reporting procedure for the selected infectious diseases (listed in Attachment 1). The reporting uses a standard reporting format. Based on previous workshops by selected experts in the relevant fields and with reference to WHO Recommended Surveillance Standards (2nd Edition – 1999) and CDC Atlanta’s Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions Under Public Health Surveillance, this version of Case Definitions for Infectious Diseases in Malaysia has been tailored and edited
according to our local needs and the requirement of the current Ministry of Health
notification system. ..... <more>