Table 1

Classification of the epidemic and estimated quality of surveillance by country, 2009

Country/regionState of epidemicQuality rating 2009
Caribbean
 BahamasC2
 BarbadosC1
 CubaC1
 Dominican RepublicC3
 HaitiG3
 JamaicaC2
 Trinidad and TobagoC1
East Asia and Pacific
 ChinaC3
 FijiL1
 MongoliaL2
 Papua New GuineaC2
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
 ArmeniaC1
 AzerbaijanL2
 BelarusC2
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaL1
 BulgariaL1
 CroatiaL1
 Czech RepublicL2
 EstoniaL2
 GeorgiaL2
 HungaryL1
 KazakhstanC1
 KyrgyzstanL2
 LatviaC2
 LithuaniaL1
 PolandC1
 Republic of MoldovaC1
 RomaniaL2
 Russian FederationC2
 SlovakiaL1
 TajikistanL1
 TurkmenistanL1
 UkraineC2
 UzbekistanC1
Latin America
 ArgentinaC3
 BelizeC1
 BoliviaL1
 BrazilC3
 ChileC1
 ColombiaC2
 Costa RicaC1
 EcuadorC2
 El SalvadorC2
 GuatemalaC2
 GuyanaC2
 HondurasC2
 MexicoC2
 NicaraguaC1
 PanamaC1
 ParaguayC2
 PeruC3
 SurinameC2
 UruguayC2
 VenezuelaC1
North Africa and Middle East
 AlgeriaL1
 BahrainL1
 CyprusL1
 EgyptL1
 IraqL1
 IsraelC1
 JordanL1
 KuwaitL1
 LebanonL1
 Libyan Arab JamahiriyaL1
 MoroccoL2
 OmanL1
 QatarL1
 Saudi ArabiaL1
 SudanG2
 Syrian Arab RepublicL1
 TunisiaL1
 TurkeyL1
 United Arab EmiratesL1
 YemenL1
South and South-East Asia
 AfghanistanL1
 BangladeshL3
 BhutanL1
 Brunei DarussalamL1
 CambodiaC3
 IndiaC3
 IndonesiaC2
 Iran (Islamic Republic of)L2
 Lao People's Democratic RepublicL2
 MalaysiaC2
 MaldivesL1
 MyanmarC3
 NepalC3
 PakistanL2
 PhilippinesL2
 SingaporeC1
 Sri LankaL2
 ThailandC3
 Viet NamC3
Sub-Saharan Africa
 AngolaG2
 BeninG3
 BotswanaG3
 Burkina FasoG3
 BurundiG3
 CameroonG2
 Central African RepublicG2
 ChadG2
 ComoresC1
 CongoG2
 Côte d’IvoireG2
 Democratic Republic of CongoG2
 DjiboutiG1
 Equatorial GuineaG1
 EritreaG2
 EthiopiaG3
 GabonG1
 GambiaG3
 GhanaG3
 GuineaG1
 Guinea-BissauG1
 KenyaG3
 LesothoG3
 LiberiaG3
 MadagascarC1
 MalawiG3
 MaliG3
 MauritaniaC1
 MauritiusC2
 MozambiqueG2
 NamibiaG2
 NigerG2
 NigeriaG3
 RwandaG3
 Sao TomeG2
 SenegalC3
 Sierra LeoneG2
 SomaliaC1
 South AfricaG3
 SwazilandG2
 TogoG3
 UgandaG3
 United Republic of TanzaniaG3
 ZambiaG3
 ZimbabweG3
  • C, concentrated; G, generalised; L, low level; 1, not enough information; 2, partially implemented; 3, good.