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Status of Legislation and Factors affecting Disease Surveillance in Nigeria: A qualitative inquiry
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The outbreak of infectious diseases with a propensity to spread across international boundaries is on an upward rise. Such outbreaks can be devastating with significant associated morbidity and mortality. The recent Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in… read more -
A Syndrome Definition Validation Approach for Zika Virus
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In 2016, the World Health Organization declared Zika virus a global public health emergency. Zika infection during pregnancy can cause microcephaly and other fetal brain defects. To facilitate clinicians’ ability to detect Zika, various syndrome… read more -
Epi Archive: Automated Synthesis of Global Notifiable Disease Data
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Most countries do not report national notifiable disease data in a machine-readable format. Data are often in the form of a file that contains text, tables and graphs summarizing weekly or monthly disease counts. This presents a problem when… read more -
Visualization the dynamic interactive maps for results of spatio-temporal scanning
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Scan statistics is one of the most widely used method for detecting and locating the clusters of disease or health-related events through the space-time dimension. Although the Specific software of SatScan is available for free and easier to use… read more -
Developing policy to support novel Caribbean Tourism and Health surveillance program
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In January 2016, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), serving 24 Member States(MS), began executing a regional Tourism and Health program (THP), recognizing that the health of Caribbean economies is closely related to the health of its… read more -
User Generated SQL Queries Inform Evaluation of NSSP ESSENCE
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As system users develop queries within ESSENCE, they step through the user-interface to select data sources and parameters needed for their query. Then they select from the available output options (e.g., time series, table builder, data details).… read more -
Implementation of a Laboratory Information System in Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe's National Health Laboratory Services faces multiple challenges related to inadequate financial support and skilled human resources, insufficient infrastructure, and inefficient tracking of clinical samples collected by health facilities.… read more -
Seroprevalence and Molecular Epidemiosurveillance of Brucellosis in Pakistan
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Livestock sector contributes more than 58% to agriculture-based economy of Pakistan. Diseases of socio-economic importance are posing an enormous pressure to the growth of this sector. Zoonotic diseases are generally neglected in wake of epizootics… read more