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New challenges in tobacco surveillance: monitoring the prevalence of electronic cigarettes and hookah use in the United States
Content Type: Webinar
Since the 1990s tobacco control strategies --- at least in the United States and some developed countries --- have had considerable success in reducing the number of new smokers and encouraging existing smokers to quit through the creation of a… read more -
Development and pilot study road traffic injury surveillance, Kaduna Nigeria
Content Type: Abstract
Road Traffic Injury is common cause of unintentional injury globally and Low and middle income countries account for 90%of 1.3 million Road Traffic Injury (RTI) deaths. In Africa region, Nigeria accounts for 25% of RTI mortality but has no… read more -
Development of Syndrome Definitions for Acute Unintentional Drug and Heroin Overdose
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Nationally, deaths due to opioid overdose have continually increased for the past 15 years . Deaths specifically related to heroin increased more than four-fold between 2002 and 2014. Hospital inpatient discharge data provide information on non… read more -
Early effect of validation efforts of Massachusetts syndromic surveillance data
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As a participant in the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP), the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) has worked closely with our statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE) and National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP)… read more -
Elaboration of diagnostic means for detection antibodies to Newcastle disease virus
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Newcastle disease (ND) is the most important infectious viral disease of poultry. The world-wide economic loss from it is 2-3 billion USD per year. ND is reportable to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). ND is caused by virulent strains… read more -
Electronic Case Reporting of STIs: Assessing EHR Generated CCDs
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Under the CDC STD Surveillance Network (SSuN) Part B grant, WA DOH is testing electronic case reporting (eCR) of sexually transmitted infections (STI) from a clinical partner. Objective We reviewed CCDs (a type of consolidated… read more -
Enhanced syndromic surveillance during the 9th Indian Ocean Island Games, 2015
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The 9th IOIG took place in Reunion Island from July 31 to August 9, 2015. This sport event gathered approximatively 1 640 athletes, 2 000 volunteers and several thousand spectators from seven islands:Comoros, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mayotte… read more -
Ensuring confidentiality and safety of cancer registry data in Kumasi, Ghana
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Cancer registration involves collecting information on patients with cancer. Population-based cancer registries in particular are useful in estimating the disease burden and to inform the institution of prevention and control measures. Collecting… read more