Comparative Performance Evaluation of the Public Health Surveillance Systems in 6 Gulf Cooperation Countries: Cross-sectional Study

Nawaf Albali   ¹ , MPH, MD, SBPM ;   Sami Almudarra   ² , MBBS, DFE, PhD ;   Yahya Al-Farsi   ^{3, 4} , MBBS, MPH, PhD ;   Abdullah Alarifi   ⁵ , MBBS, MPH ;   Adil Al Wahaibi   ⁶ , MD, MSc, PhD ;   Pasi Penttinen   ² , MPH, MD, PhD

¹ Health & Public Sector, Accenture Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

² Gulf Center of Disease Prevention and Control, Gulf Health Council, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

³ Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

⁴ Health Research Unit, Gulf Health Council, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

⁵ Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

⁶ Department of Surveillance, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman