The training was organized in collaboration with the National Institute of Health (NIH) and with support of
implementing partner Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC-USA). A total of 25 participants attended
the sessions on basic epidemiological principals, outbreak investigations and case denitions followed by
hands-on training on suspected and lab data entry and mortality data entry into the DHIS-2 dashboard. The
highly interactive sessions resolved queries and discussed facility level issues and solutions for data collection
mechanisms. A brief on Mpox outbreak was also shared by the Director Public Health Lab.
To date SHCC has onboarded 26 Tertiary Care Hospitals and 8 Private Sector laboratory networks that are
regularly reporting on the IDSR from Karachi division and this training extended private sector reporting to
Sukkur and Hyderabad divisions.







