Conference Abstract | Volume 8, Abstract ELIC2025394 (Oral 095) | Published: 13 Aug 2025
Agnegue Essy Sakya Gracia1,2,3, Coulibally Cheick Abou1, Ruth Damou Diarra1, Issa Zoulkarneiri2,3, Coulibaly Cheick Abou1, Diawara Fatou1, Dicko Ilo1, Diarra Souleymane1, Talbousouma P Hodalo Prisca2,3, Amevor Essi Gloria Kafui1,3, Seydou Doumbia1
1Department of Teaching and Research in Public Health and Specialties, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bamako, 2Regional Directorate of Health and Public Hygiene, Greater Lomé Region, Togo, 3Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene of Togo, Lomé, Togo
&Corresponding author: Agnegue Essy Sakya Gracia, Department of Teaching and Research in Public Health and Specialties, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bamako, Email : sagnegue@gmail.com
Received: 31 Mar 2025, Accepted: 09 Jul 2025, Published: 13 Aug 2025
Domain: Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Keywords: Dengue fever, epidemiological surveillance, Gulf district, Togo, case notification
©Magnegue Essy Sakya et al. Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health (ISSN: 2664-2824). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Cite this article: Magnegue Essy Sakya et al., Implementation of dengue epidemiological surveillance in the Golfe health district of Togo, 2024: Barriers and facilitators. Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health. 2025;8(ConfProc5):00095. https://doi.org/10.37432/JIEPH-CONFPRO5-00095
Dengue is a viral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. The 2024 epidemic in Togo highlighted the challenges of epidemiological surveillance and the need to improve monitoring and response mechanisms. The aim of our study was to assess the performance of dengue epidemiological surveillance implementation in the Gulf Health District (DS) in 2024.
The study adopted a mixed-methods approach to evaluate the performance of the dengue surveillance system from August 2024 to April 2025. Data were collected from district health facilities and stakeholders involved in surveillance. The evaluation was based on three dimensions: structure, process and results.
Among 133 suspected cases of dengue fever, the most frequent symptoms were fever and headache. The Varkevisser scale was used as a reference for the performance score. Our study showed a low overall performance of 38.5%. Confusion between dengue fever and malaria complicated diagnosis. Although health professionals had a good knowledge of dengue fever, the lack of standardization of surveillance and response procedures limited the application of national guidelines.
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