Figure 1
From: Assessment of routine surveillance data as a tool to investigate measles outbreaks in Mozambique
The flow of disease surveillance information in the health system in Mozambique. Register books at health facilities serve as the primary epidemiological data source. Data from these is collected and sent in a weekly epidemiological bulletin (BES) format to the district health authorities. Districts compile data from all health facilities and report to provinces using a district BES. Provinces compile data from all its districts and report to the national authorities using a province BES. For the sake of simplicity, only one province is shown. The national authorities collect data from all provinces and produce a national BES.