Qatar is in the elimination phase of measles control which requires every suspected measles case to be notified and investigated immediately This cross-sectional study aimed to assess physicians' self-reported knowledge and practices concerning measles surveillance and the support they received. Of 290 physicians participating in the study, only 22.4% met the criterion for best practice in measles surveillance (i.e. knowing and applying the case definition and immediately ordering the correct blood test and immediately reporting suspected cases). Only 14.1% reported getting training and feedback on surveillance. Physicians supervised on their surveillance activities had significantly better surveillance practices than non-supervised physicians, whereas physicians who received training and feedback on their surveillance activities did not perform any better than those who did not. We recommend training activities for physicians and health care workers involved in the measles control as well a system of feedback to health care workers. 1Department of Family and Community Medicine, Primary Health Care Corporation, Doha, Qatar (Correspondence to Z.A. Nazzal: nazzalzaher@ yahoo.com Les médecins bénéficiant d'une supervision en la matière avaient des pratiques nettement supérieures à celles des autres, alors que les médecins ayant participé à une formation et recevant un retour d'information dans ce domaine n'avaient pas de meilleurs résultats. Nous recommandons la mise en oeuvre d'activités de formation pour les médecins et les agents de soins de santé impliqués dans la lutte antirougeoleuse ainsi qu'un système de rétro-information pour les agents de soins de santé.
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