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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… 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 …