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Evaluation of Syndromic Surveillance Systems in Singapore

Description

Singapore's syndromic surveillance programmes include the monitoring of polyclinics and emergency departments (ED) attendances for acute diarrheal illness, acute respiratory infections, influenza-like illness, acute conjunctivitis and chickenpox.

Objective

We evaluated these syndromic surveillance systems for its representativeness, usefulness and data quality and identified areas for improvement.

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