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    This paper describes the development of a syndromic surveillance system in France. It is based on three different types of data: hospitals (ED visits), GPís activities (Sos Medecins), deaths certificates.
    … 1 view Submitted by elamb on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 16:22 … from - 46 ED (national wide spreading), data contain for all patient visits logged during the previous 24h: date and … in public health practice, New york city. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 May;10(5):858-64. [3] Josseran L, Gailhard I, …
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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
    … objectives of this new system were: 1) to detect early all threats for public health; and 2) to measure the impact … objectives of this new system were: 1) to detect early all threats for public health; and 2) to measure the impact … several hours or days in managing critical situations due to hot weather. With this system, an adapted public …
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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
    … The good evaluation of the system pushed to enlarge it to all eligible cities in France. The enlarged system started … The good evaluation of the system pushed to enlarge it to all eligible cities in France. The enlarged system started … of Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Emerg Infect Dis. 2001;7(3 Suppl):497-504. 3 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. …
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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).
    … 1 view Submitted by elamb on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 16:22 … of data: ED, GPs’ emergency associations and mortality. All data were gathered in real time. A complete description …
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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
    … they are very efficient it is not possible to eliminate all health consequences. It is therefore necessary to … Surveillance (InVS), (2) Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, (3) Hôpital de Mulhouse (4) Public Health Dept. … they are very efficient it is not possible to eliminate all health con- sequences. It is therefore necessary to …