EFFECT OF DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM ON PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASE IN ILESHA EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OSUN STATE
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ABSTRACT
This study focused on the Influence of Disease Surveillance and Notification System on Prevention and Control of Diseases in the Ife-South Local Government Area of Osun State. The objectives were to examine disease prevention and control activities, find out the existing methods of carrying out disease surveillance and notification system, evaluate the Knowledge of the importance of Disease Surveillance and Notification on Disease Prevention and Control, assess the effect of disease surveillance and notification and prevention on control of disease and identify challenges of disease surveillance and notification system in Ife-South Local Government Area of Osun State. The study adopted a cross-sectional descriptive design which involves the administration of questionnaire on entire thirty (30) healthcare workers who are Staff at the Comprehensive Health Centers in Ife-South Local Government Area of Osun State State and all questionnaires were totally returned for analysis at a response rate of 100%. The data was collected and analyzed and presented using descriptive statistics such as frequency count, simple percentage, mean and standard deviation with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Scientist (SPSS) Version 21. The findings revealed that most of the respondents agreed that Effective Disease Surveillance and Notification System has greater impact on Disease Prevention and Control as it facilitates the early detection of an impending epidemic and help map out strategies to combat it. It was shown that inadequate resources such as funding and manpower and unfavourable governmental policies hampered effective Disease Surveillance and Notification System. Therefore, the study concluded that effective practice of Disease Surveillance and Notification is a feasible strategy that should be adopted in order to perfectly prevent impending disease outbreak and to also control Diseases that could not be prevented
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