{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,2]],"date-time":"2025-10-02T13:43:52Z","timestamp":1759412632392,"version":"3.37.3"},"reference-count":12,"publisher":"Oxford University Press (OUP)","issue":"Supplement_4","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,31]],"date-time":"2019-10-31T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1572480000000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"funder":[{"name":"MenAfriNet consortium"},{"DOI":"10.13039\/100000865","name":"Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["OPP1084298"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["OPP1084298"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/100000865","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,31]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p>Nationwide case-based meningitis surveillance was established in Burkina Faso following the introduction of meningococcal serogroup A conjugate vaccine in 2010. However, timely tracking and arrival of cerebrospinal fluid specimens for confirmation at national reference laboratories remained suboptimal. To better understand this gap and identify bottlenecks, the Burkina Faso Ministry of Health, along with key partners, developed and implemented a cloud-based System for Tracking Epidemiological Data and Laboratory Specimens (STELAB), allowing for timely nationwide data reporting and specimen tracking using barcodes. STELAB was adapted to Burkina Faso\u2019s infrastructure to ensure suitability, functionality, flexibility, and sustainability. We describe the design, development, and implementation of STELAB. In addition, we discuss strategies used to promote sustainability, lessons learned during the first year of implementation, and future directions. STELAB\u2019s novel design and country-driven approach has the potential to achieve sustainable real-time data reporting and specimen tracking for the first time in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/infdis\/jiz376","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,5]],"date-time":"2019-08-05T15:09:51Z","timestamp":1565017791000},"page":"S198-S205","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Development and Implementation of a Cloud-Based Meningitis Surveillance and Specimen Tracking System in Burkina Faso, 2018"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"220","author":[{"given":"Alpha Oumar","family":"Diallo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tanga","family":"Kiemtor\u00e9","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Minist\u00e8re de la Sant\u00e9, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Brice Wilfried","family":"Bicaba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Minist\u00e8re de la Sant\u00e9, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Isa\u00efe","family":"Medah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Minist\u00e8re de la Sant\u00e9, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tiga F\u00e9lix","family":"Tarbangdo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Davycas International, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Simon","family":"Sanou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Minist\u00e8re de la Sant\u00e9, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Heidi M","family":"Soeters","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ryan T","family":"Novak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Honor\u00e9 Flavien","family":"Ak\u00e9","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Davycas International, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"2019110101094389100_CIT0001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"757","DOI":"10.1016\/S1473-3099(12)70168-8","article-title":"Serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccination in Burkina Faso: analysis of national surveillance data","volume":"12","author":"Novak","year":"2012","journal-title":"Lancet Infect Dis"},{"key":"2019110101094389100_CIT0002","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e0187466","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0187466","article-title":"Bacterial meningitis epidemiology and return of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A cases in Burkina Faso in the five years following MenAfriVac mass vaccination campaign","volume":"12","author":"Diallo","year":"2017","journal-title":"PLoS One"},{"article-title":"Standard operating procedures for case-based surveillance of meningitis, preparedness and response to meningitis epidemics","year":"2019","author":"World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa","key":"2019110101094389100_CIT0003"},{"journal-title":"J Infect Dis 2019; 220(Suppl 4):S148\u201354","key":"2019110101094389100_CIT0004","article-title":"MenAfriNet: a network supporting case-based meningitis surveillance and vaccine evaluation in the meningitis belt of Africa"},{"key":"2019110101094389100_CIT0005","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e0166384","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0166384","article-title":"Nationwide trends in bacterial meningitis before the introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine\u2014Burkina Faso, 2011\u20132013","volume":"11","author":"Kambire","year":"2016","journal-title":"PLoS One"},{"key":"2019110101094389100_CIT0006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"270","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jinf.2017.12.002","article-title":"Early impact of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumococcal meningitis\u2014Burkina Faso, 2014-2015","volume":"76","author":"Kambir\u00e9","year":"2018","journal-title":"J Infect"},{"journal-title":"J Infect","key":"2019110101094389100_CIT0007","article-title":"Improving case-based meningitis surveillance in 5 countries in the meningitis belt of sub-Saharan Africa, 2015\u20132017"},{"article-title":"Standard operating procedures for enhanced meningitis surveillance in Africa","year":"2009","author":"World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa","key":"2019110101094389100_CIT0008"},{"key":"2019110101094389100_CIT0009","volume-title":"Technical guidelines for integrated disease surveillance and response in the African Region","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2010","edition":"2nd ed"},{"key":"2019110101094389100_CIT0010","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"131","DOI":"10.1093\/heapol\/czt097","article-title":"Challenges with the implementation of an integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) system: systematic review of the lessons learned","volume":"30","author":"Phalkey","year":"2015","journal-title":"Health Policy Plan"},{"key":"2019110101094389100_CIT0011","article-title":"Evaluation of STELAB implementation for e-surveillance of meningitis in Burkina Faso: a new system to report, track and analyze biological samples and epidemiological data","author":"Delrieu","year":"2019","journal-title":"EpiLinks"},{"key":"2019110101094389100_CIT0012","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e41","DOI":"10.2196\/jmir.8793","article-title":"Health information technology continues to show positive effect on medical outcomes: systematic review","volume":"20","author":"Kruse","year":"2018","journal-title":"J Med Internet Res"}],"container-title":["The Journal of Infectious Diseases"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jid\/article-pdf\/220\/Supplement_4\/S198\/30339653\/jiz376.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"syndication"},{"URL":"http:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jid\/article-pdf\/220\/Supplement_4\/S198\/30339653\/jiz376.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,1]],"date-time":"2019-11-01T01:10:11Z","timestamp":1572570611000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jid\/article\/220\/Supplement_4\/S198\/5610774"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,31]]},"references-count":12,"journal-issue":{"issue":"Supplement_4","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,31]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,31]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/infdis\/jiz376","relation":{},"ISSN":["0022-1899","1537-6613"],"issn-type":[{"type":"print","value":"0022-1899"},{"type":"electronic","value":"1537-6613"}],"subject":[],"published-other":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,1]]},"published":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,31]]}}}