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Validity of the Surveillance Quality Indicators - Timeliness and Completeness - in Surveillance Systems with Variable Data Quality
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India is one of the global Ãhot-spotsà for emergence and re-emergence of pathogens and propagation of those that are drug resistant. Disease surveillance gained momentum in India only after the outbreaks of cholera in Delhi in 1988 and plague in… read more -
An Evaluation of the Key Indicator Based Surveillance System for International Health Regulations (IHR) -2005 Core Capacity Requirements in India
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The IDSP is the key indicator based surveillance system in the country to fulfill the core surveillance and response functions requirement under the IHRâ2005. Periodic reviews of the IDSP in the country have shown that it has been ineffective in… read more -
Best Practices for Implementing Electronic Disease Surveillance Systems in Resources-constrained Settings
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Developing countries bear the highest burden of infectious diseases, and therefore play a key role in the detection of emerging disease threats. The ability of these countries to detect such events allows an adequate response preventing its spread… read more