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Enhancing Community Connectivity for Infectious Disease Surveillance in Child Care Centres in Hong Kong
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The Centre for Health Protection in Hong Kong has operated a sentinel surveillance system for infectious diseases at child care centre (CCC) since March 2004, among its multi-faceted disease surveillance systems. Forty-six CCCs have… read more… of means of data submission, and other potential uses of website in addition to data submission. Based on the result of the survey, a testing website was developed at CHP. The website has been carefully designed to ensure simplicity and … -
Timeliness of Over-the-Counter Drug Sales as an Early Indicator of Community Disease Outbreaks in Hong Kong
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Overseas studies showed that increases in over-the-counter (OTC) drug sales might serve as an indicator of community disease outbreaks before they are detected by conventional surveillance systems. Using data collected… read more… season, especially during and after the SARS outbreak. Due to the dominance of OTC drug market by some key chains …