Randriamiarana, Rado
Raminosoa, Grégoire
Vonjitsara, Nikaria
Randrianasolo, Rivo
Rasamoelina, Harena
Razafimandimby, Harimahefa
Rakotonjanabelo, Arthur Lamina
Lepec, Richard
Flachet, Loïc
Halm, Ariane
Article History
Received: 25 August 2017
Accepted: 28 March 2018
First Online: 10 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Our project constitutes a surveillance system evaluation, whose aim it was to assess if the system responds to its objectives and how it could be improved if necessary. As such, research ethics committee approval was not required. The necessary permissions were obtained from the Ministry of Health at national as well as regional level. All interviewees were employees of the Ministry of Health, half of them were interviewed face-to-face, the other half by phone. The purpose of the project was explained to them beforehand and their verbal consent was obtained prior to collecting responses on their surveillance related activities. Last but not least, no names were recorded and all analysed data were anonymous.
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