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National Health Insurance: a new application for non-specific surveillance in Reunion Island
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In Reunion Island, the non-specific surveillance was mainly developed during A(H1N1) influenza pandemic in 2009. In March 2010, a new surveillance system was implemented from National Health Insurance data. This monitoring was based on the weekly… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance and Climate Change, a Possible Use?
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This paper assesses the possible interest of using of a syndromic surveillance system based on emergency departments (ED) and crude mortality for monitoring health effects of climate changes (CC). -
Syndromic Surveillance and Heat Wave: Is it Working?
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Most of the time, health consequences of heat waves are serious. Heat wave response plans were developed for reducing health effects but even if they are very efficient it is not possible to eliminate all health consequences.… read more -
Mortality Surveillance during a Large Chikungunya Outbreak Using a Syndromic Surveillance System
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Following the heat wave that scorched France in August 2003 a national daily gathering of mortality data was decided in link with the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee). Such gathering is based on Public Records Office… read more -
Performances of a Syndromic Surveillance System during a Heat Wave
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The 2003 heat wave in France (15,000 extra deaths in 10 days) led the French institute for public health surveillance to modify its public health surveillance system. One of the major objectives of this program was a real time… read more -
Comparison of the Performances of Statistical Methods to Detect Outbreaks
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The aim of the study is to evaluate the detection properties of different algorithms across a range of outbreak and time series characteristics. -
SurSaUD Software: A Tool to Support the Data Management, the Analysis and the Dissemination of Results from the French Syndromic Surveillance System
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The French syndromic surveillance system SurSaUD was set up by the French institute for public health surveillance (InVS) in 2004. The system is based on three main data sources: 1) the attendances in the Emergency departments (ED), 2) the… read more