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Potential Efficacy of Pregnancy Status on HIV Laboratory Reports
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In Louisiana, information contained on electronic laboratory reports is not able to identify the pregnancy status for the majority of HIV-infected women. Laboratories have access to ICD9/ICD10 codes which could provide information about… read more -
Primer: Opioid-related Public Health Emergency Declarations
Content Type: References
This Primer, published by the Network for Public Health Law on November 17, 2017, and updated on August 1, 2018, on Opioid-related Public Health Emergencies provides key information and visual snapshots of federal, state, tribal, and local emergency… read more -
The French Emergency Department OSCOUR Network: Evaluation After a 10-year Existence
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After the major impact of the 2003 heat wave, France needed a reactive, permanent and national surveillance system enabling to detect and to follow-up various public health events all over the territory including overseas. In June 2004, the French… read more -
Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshops
Content Type: Report
This report summarize the work of eight Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshops that were held in Health and Human Services (HHS) Regions 1-7 and 10 from May 2013 through June 2015. The ultimate aim was to reach all ten HHS… read more -
Using Mobile Technology to Help Eliminate Malaria in Zanzibar
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Zanzibar is comprised primarily of two large islands with a population of 1.3 million. Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) campaigns, distribution of long-lasting insecticide treated bed nets (LLINs), ensuring treatment medication is available, and use… read more -
Biosurveillance Adaptable Framework for Teaming, Exploration and Reuse (BioAFTER)
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Next-generation software environments for disease surveillance will need to have several important characteristics, among which are collaboration and search and discovery features, access to various data sets, and a variety of analytic methods.… read more -
Biosurveillance Ecosystem (BSVE) Workflow Analysis
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The Defense Threat Reduction Agency Chemical and Biological Technologies Directorate (DTRA CB) has initiated the Biosurveillance Ecosystem (BSVE) research and development program. Work process flow diagrams, with associated explanations and… read more -
A Second Chance: Overdose Prevention, Naloxone, and Human Rights in the United States
Content Type: Report
This report, published April 2017 from Human Rights Watch, explores measures required for an effective program to prevent opioid overdose deaths and current legal, policy and other challenges to be addressed.