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Evaluation of the Measles Case-Based Surveillance System in Kaduna State (2010-2012)
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In Africa, approximately 13 million cases of measles and 650,000 deaths occur annually, with sub-Saharan Africa having the highest morbidity and mortality (1). Measles infection is endemic in Nigeria and has been documented to occur all year round… read more -
Evaluation of the Michigan Disease Surveillance System for Histoplasmosis Reporting
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Histoplasmosis is an infectious disease caused by a fungus called Histoplasma capsulatum. Fungal spores are found in the soil, mostly associated with bird and bat droppings, and if inhaled can cause lung infection. Histoplasmosis is a reportable… read more -
Evaluation of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (Measles and Diphtheria) Surveillance System - Delhi, India, 2013
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The vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) of measles and diphtheria in India were responsible for 47% of global measles mortality and 20% of global diphtheria mortality in 2010. We evaluated the VPD surveillance system of Delhi, focusing on measles… read more -
Experience Report: Association Between Flow Chart, Electronic Patient Record and Telephone Monitoring in the Success of Fighting Dengue Fever in the Hospital and Emergency Services in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
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Dengue fever is a dynamic infectious disease, allowing the patient to rapidly move from one stage to another during its course. Proper management of patients depends on early recognition of warning signs, continuous monitoring and re-staging cases… read more -
Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanism for Multi- Center Capacity Building Gestational Diabetes Program for Physicians in India
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International Diabetes Federation (IDF) estimates that 21.4 million women in 2013 had some form of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy and in India alone an estimated 4 million women have GDM. Recognizing the shortfall of trained manpower; Certificate… read more -
Malaria burden through routing reporting: Relationship between incidence estimates
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Routine surveillance is an important global strategy for malaria control. However, there have been few studies comparing routine indicators of burden, including test positivity rate (TPR) and test-confirmed malaria case rates (CMCR), over spatial… read more -
Mapping PPS: A case study of story map journals for interactive health reporting
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How are interactive story map journals situated within the genre of interactive, health science reporting? How can reporting information to public audiences be theorized through traditional and contemporary understandings of new media genres in… read more -
Measuring trends in hepatitis C testing with commercial laboratory data
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a leading cause of liver disease-related morbidity and mortality in the United States. Approximately 75% of people infected with chronic HCV were born between 1945 and 1965. Since 2012, the CDC has recommended… read more