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Establishing an epidemiosurveillance centre in a resource-constrained setting: A Zambian experience
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Livestock diseases in most developing countries are often widely distributed. The wide distribution of diseases often renders whole countries ineligible to participate in international trade of meat and meat products. These trade restrictions serve… read moreEstablishing Prospective Road Traffic Injury Surveillance in India: Challenges and Solutions
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Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) disproportionately bear the high burden of injuries, with 90% of all deaths due to injury occurring in these countries. In India, data on pre-hospital care of the injured is either absent or incomplete. The… read moreEvaluating Ascertainment of Hepatitis C Cases and Deaths by Electronically Linking Surveillance and Vital Statistics Data in Utah
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While HCV infections are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality in the United States, deaths due to HCV may not be detected well in Utah’s surveillance system. New interferon-free drugs for HCV can result in virologic cure with limited… read moreEvaluating Cost and Performance for Improved Meningitis Disease Surveillance in Chad
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The costs of addressing specific needs to improve surveillance systems in sub-Saharan Africa are often unknown. For centuries meningococcal meningitis epidemics have occurred every few years in the Sahelian and sub-sahel regions of Africa also… read moreEvaluating the Utility of HealthMap as a Supplementary Surveillance Tool
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HealthMap collects and aggregates information from online sources to generate outbreak alerts based on disease and geographic location. This project will assess the timeliness and sensitivity of HealthMap based on outbreak posts from EpiCom, the… read more2012 ISDS Recommendations for the Syndromic Surveillance Frontier Inpatient and Ambulatory Clinical Data Sources
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Advances in health information technology are providing exciting opportunities to expand public health surveillance capabilities with the addition of more timely electronic health data. Additionally, the implementation of the Meaningful Use… read moreTowards Integrated Syndromic Surveillance in Europe?
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Triple - S is a project co-financed by the European commission through the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers. THe project encompasses an inventory of existing and proposed syndromic surveillance systems in Europe, including country visits… read moreIntroducing the HHS Framework for Quality in the Public Health System
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Join ISDS for a presentation on public health quality measures in the context of surveillance activities by Peggy Honoré from the US Department of Health and Human Services. Quality in healthcare and public health must serve as a catalyst for… read more