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  • An Innovative Approach to Surveillance Training in the African Region

    Content Type: Abstract

    Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) is a World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) strategy for strengthening national public health surveillance and response systems in African countries. The strategy… read more
    … more than 30 countries have conducted at least one IDSR training workshop. Limited resources preclude conducting … solution is to implement an electronic version for IDSR training. In collaboration with WHO-AFRO, we conducted a …
  • Keeping a Public Health Surveillance Practice up to Speed: a Training Strategy to Build Capacity

    Content Type: Abstract

    Public health surveillance practice is evolving rapidly. In the past decade we have witnessed the globalization of health threats, the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases, and an explosion of easily accessible new technologies. This… read more
    … future public health challenges. We developed a five day training course that focused on the practical use of … future public health challenges. We developed a five day training course that focused on the practical use of …
  • Tracking Health Effects of Wildfires: The Oregon ESSENCE Wildfire Pilot Project

    Content Type: Abstract

    Wildfires occur annually in Oregon, and the health risks of wildfire smoke are well documented1. Before implementing syndromic surveillance through Oregon ESSENCE, assessing the health effects of wildfires in real time was very challenging. Summer… read more
    … their surveillance needs and practices and developed a training program to increase capacity to conduct surveillance at the local level. Following the training, one of the LPHAs integrated syndromic surveillance …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Practice in the United States 2014: Results from a Nationwide Survey

    Content Type: Abstract

    Spurred by recent advances in PH informatics, the implementation of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Programs (Meaningful Use), and the opportunities provided by the availability of the redesigned BioSense program, SyS… read more
    … partners to provide relevant CBA – information transfer, training, and technical assistance – to further … partners to provide relevant CBA – information transfer, training, and technical assistance – to further …
  • A Novel Zoonotic Disease Outbreak Course to improve Surveillance and Response for the USDA

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    Outbreak Investigations course consisted to a series of 8 online modules, covering: •Confirm that an outbreak is occurring and confirm diagnosis •Case definition •Descriptive Epidemiology •Hypothesis Generation •Analytic Epidemiology •Preliminary… read more
    … Veterinary Services (VS) division. The objective of this training was to provide a standard framework to investigate … solutions. VS has expertise in animal surveillance, this training course demonstrated how to incorporate the … Veterinary Services (VS) division. The objective of this training was to provide a standard framework to investigate …
  • Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanism for Multi- Center Capacity Building Gestational Diabetes Program for Physicians in India

    Content Type: Abstract

    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
    … spread across 17 states and 39 cities across 55 regional training centers and trained 2400 Primary care physicians … spread across 17 states and 39 cities across 55 regional training centers and trained 2400 Primary care physicians …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshops: Process and Early Outcomes

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    Sharing public health (PH) data and practices among PH authorities enhances epidemiological capacities and expands situational awareness at multiple levels. Ease of data sharing through the BioSense application, now part of the National Syndromic… read more
    … surveillance (SyS) data sharing practices with a training model that engages participants in collaborative … surveillance (SyS) data sharing practices with a training model that engages participants in collaborative …
  • Improving Local Non-Communicable Disease Surveillance within a Changing Data Environment

    Content Type: Abstract

    LHDs are operating in a changing data environment. As household telephone use declines, national surveys are not sampling large enough populations to report representative local health statistics. As a result, reliable indicators from surveys such… read more
    … for LHDs is that they may not have the knowledge, training, or technical assistance needed to fully utilize NC … for LHDs is that they may not have the knowledge, training, or technical assistance needed to fully utilize NC …