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A Value-Driven Framework For The Evaluation Of Biosurveillance Systems
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Evaluation and strengthening of biosurveillance systems is acomplex process that involves sequential decision steps, numerous stakeholders, and requires accommodating multiple and conflicting objectives. Biosurveillance evaluation, the initiating… read more… models.Existing evaluation frameworks tend to focus on “hard” technical attributes (e.g. sensitivity) while ignoring … models.Existing evaluation frameworks tend to focus on “hard” technical attributes (e.g. sensitivity) while ignoring … -
Education as a mechanism to reduce spread of brucellosis among at-risk populations in Uzbekistan
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One goal of the Biological Threat Reduction Program of the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency is the enhancement of surveillance of especially dangerous pathogens of both humans and animals within countries of the former Soviet Union. One of the… read more… of study subjects will be done from non- brucella-related visits to primary care centers by at-risk patients with no previous history of … -
Prioritization: a difficult word, and technique, to master. A review of prioritization approaches to multi-dimensional problems in health settings
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In a context of finite resources, multiple needs and growing demands of organizational accountability, there has been an increase in the number of multi-dimensional prioritization exercises (of diseases, interventions, etc) in the health arena. Not… read more… well have a sign saying "Random accidents ahead“...Jimmy Carr 3 'When we understand that slide, we'll have won …