Community-based surveillance: Indonesia case study

Community members are usually the first to know when a suspicious or unusual health event has occurred in their community – so enabling, empowering, and equipping communities to recognize and respond to public health threats in their midst not only makes sense but also forms an essential foundation for the concept of community-based surveillance (CBS). To operationalize this approach and strengthen community-level readiness in Indonesia, the IFRC and the Indonesia Red Cross have undertaken the Community Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Programme (CP3).