| Albania | Armenia | Belarus | Georgia | Kazakhstan | Kyrgyzstan | Romania | Russian Federation | Ukraine |
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Number of sentinel hospitals | 15 | 6/7 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 12-26 | 19 | 9-10 |
Period data collection | Nov 2009- Mar 2011 | Dec 2010-Mar 2012 | Sep 2010-Dec 2012 | Jan 2009-Mar 2012 | Sep 2011-Dec 2012 | Nov 2010-Jun 2011 | Oct 2009-May 2012 | Sep 2010-Dec 2012 | Sep 2009-Dec 2012 |
Case definition -all ages | Â | Â | Standarda | Newcd | Standardae | Â | Newcd | Â | Â |
Case definition <5 | WHOb | Pneumb | Â | Â | Â | Pneumb | Pneumb | Pneumb | Pneumb |
Case definition ≥ 5 | Standarda | Standarda |  |  |  | Standarda | Standarda | Standarda | Standarda |
No. SARI cases | 102 | 335 | 1025 | 2138 | 857 | 369 | 1003 | 2779 | 4667 |
No. children aged 0–14 (%) | 24 (23.5%) | 287 (85.7%) | 412 (40.1%) | 1137 (53.5%) | 538 (62.8%) | 267 (72.4%) | 491 (49.0%) | 1718 (61.8%) | 2339 (50.1%) |
No. SARI tested influenza (%) | 102 (100%) | 188 (56.1%) | 1025 (100%) | 2138 (100%) | 834 (97.3%) | 43 (11.6%) | 914 (91.1%) | 2779 (100%) | 4650 (99.6%) |
Type of hospital included | ID, PED, PULM, ICU | GEN, ID, PED, EM, GYN | GEN, ID, PED, EM | GEN, ID, PED, EM, ICU | ID, PED, EM | GEN, ID, PED | ID, PED, PULM, EM | GEN, ID, PED, EM | GEN, ID, PED |
Number of beds per hospital | 76-436 | 50-500 | 1000 | 63-250 | 100-395 | 180-400 | 92-1556 | na | 110-645 |
Catchment area and/or site selection | 1 hospital in each of 12 counties + 3 hospitals in Tirana. | 1 hospital in 2 regions and 5 hospitals in Yerevan. | The 11 hospitals are located in large cities of the country’s 6 regions. | SARI admission rates and collaboration NCDC used to identify sitese Most regions of the country were covered. | The hospitals located in 7 regions of the country. | Sites are located in 2 cities (Bishkek and Osh). The sites serve about 1.5 million of the population. | Sites are regional clinical hospitals, well equipped for care to SARI cases, and cover 19-30% of population. | Sites (1–2) are located in 9 cities in 6 Federal districts. The 9 cities cover a population of 10.5 million. | Sites (10) are located in 4 cities in different geographical parts of the country. |
Monitoring data quality | Sentinel site visit | Sentinel site visit. Monthly during season | Weekly basis | Monthly during seasonf | All year round | Two times a year at the national level | Weekly at the national level by the SARI coordinator. | Weekly basis | Weekly at the national level by the SARI coordinator. |
Vaccination recommendations (rec) g /risk groups and coverage | Children < 5, Elderly >65, persons with underlying diseases, HCW | WHO rec. | WHO rec. Pregnant women obligatory since 2011 | WHO rec. Pregnant women, persons with underlying diseasesh, > 65 yrs, children <2. Coverage in risk groups is 90% | WHO rec. Coverage in risk groups is 98-100% | Vaccination coverage in risk groups is about 3% (HCW, children and pilgrims) | WHO rec. Persons 6 months-64 years old with chronic underlying conditions, pregnant women, HCW, staff working with institutionalised persons, residents of the social care institutions, persons ≥65 years old. Coverage is: Tot: 5.2-14.6%; 65+: 19.1%-49.4% HCW: 51%-97.8% | WHO rec. >30 mln of population each year | Age >60, underlying disease (chronic cardio-vascular, lung, kidney, liver, HIV, diabetes, primary immunodeficiency), pregnancy, HCW |
Method influenza detection i | PCR | PCR, culture | PCR | PCR | PCR, other, culture | PCR, other | Real-time PCR for type and subtype detection | PCR | PCR, other |