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Adding GIS and Earth Observations to Syndromic Surveillance
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This paper describes an integrated modeling, sensing, and information system for forecasting atmospheric dust episodes and monitoring PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations that aggravate respiratory diseases in the American southwest.… currently being designed and im- plemented by health care providers and public health agencies in the region. … understood. With further development and testing, health care professionals should be able to increase substantially … effort will be implemented to engage interested health care and syndromic surveillance professionals to optimize … -
Evaluation of a post earthquake internally displaced persons surveillance system (IDPSS) - Haiti, 2010
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On January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, killing 4230 000 persons and placing an estimated 1.5 million into internally displaced persons (IDP) camps. IDPs are at increased risk for communicable diseases resulting… read more… materials available on the system’s Google group internet site (reporting forms, case definitions, guidelines, and … of report submission from NGOs was low and varied by site. Throughout February 18–April 9, a total of 78 clinics … Among these, the median number of reports submitted per site was only three (range, 1–33). The most commonly stated …