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Mitigating data collection challenges with adaptive frameworks
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Electronic disease surveillance systems can be extremely valuable tools; however, a critical step in system implementation is collection of data. Without accurate and complete data, statistical anomalies that are detected hold little meaning. Many… read more… A Poku et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 58 for those challenges to define the … for data collection. BMC Proc 2008;2 (Suppl 3):SS. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1753-6561/2/ S3/S5. 2 Ashar R, Lewis S, Blazes DL, … -
SAGES: a suite of freely available software tools for electronic disease surveillance in resource-limited settings
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Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases are a serious threat to global public health. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified more than 1100 epidemic events worldwide in the last 5 years alone. Recently, the emergence of the… read more… Lewis et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 43 welcomes inquiries on the SAGES tools … Health Threats Journal SL Lewis et al. 2011, 4:s93 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 44 …