Surveillance, Prevention and Control of Communicable Disease

Bangladesh is a densely populated country where communicable disease burden is significant and WHO Bangladesh provides technical support in strengthening national capacity for effective management of major communicable diseases such as: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, leprosy, filariasis, kalaazar and dengue. WHO supports are targeted to the policy, institutional and operational level, and focused on capacity development measures, introduction of new and appropriate technologies, operations research on cost-effective and community-based horizontally integrated service delivery models, and improved epidemiological surveillance. WHO Bangladesh provides support to identify and address gaps in programme management capacities at individual and institutional levels, and also at the central, district and upazila levels. An effective surveillance system for major communicable diseases is being established and made operational. Epidemic preparedness and response capacity has been enhanced for outbreak investigations and interventions. An integrated communicable disease surveillance system for both communicable and non-communicable diseases has been initiated. Communicable Disease endeavors for the following : Communicable Disease Surveillance HIV-AIDS Mycobacterial disease (Tuberculosis and Leprosy) Malaria Neglected Tropical Disease