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Framing the Use of Social Media Tools in Public Health
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User-generated content enabled by social media tools provide a stream of data that augment surveillance data. Current use of social media data focuses on identification of disease events. However, once identification occurs, the leveraging of social… read more -
FSWs Typology and Condoms Use Among HIV High Risk Groups in Sindh, Pakistan: A Developing Country Perspective
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HIV is growing rapidly worldwide resulting in estimated 34 million population. Recently, its epidemic has spread in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean, and most parts of Asia. According to Antenatal sero surveillance study conducted in 2011 by… read more -
Fusion Analytics: A Data Integration System for Public Health and Medical Disaster Response Decision Support
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Fusion Analytics is the data integration system developed by the Fusion Cell at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). Fusion Analytics meaningfully augments… read more -
Geographical Information Systems: A Tool to Map and Analyze Disease Spread
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Spatial methods are an important component of epidemiological research motivated by a strong correlation between disease spread and ecological factors. Our case studies examine the relationship between environmental conditions, such as climate and… read more -
HIV Surveillance in India: An Overview & Implications for Future
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Surveillance of risky behaviors of HIV infection and its manifest diseases has provided a better understanding of the complex nature of the HIV epidemic in India. However, little attempt is made to analyze progress of these surveillance activities… read more -
Identification and Assessment of Public Health Surveillance Gaps under the IHR (2005)
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Under the revised International Health Regulations (IHR [2005]) one of the eight core capacities is public health surveillance. In May 2012, despite a concerted effort by the global community, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported out that a… read more -
ILI and SARI Surveillance along the California & Arizona Borders with Mexico, 2011-12
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National borders do not prevent the transmission of pathogens and associated vectors among border populations. The Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) has collaborated with the Mexican Secretariat of Health, the U. S. Department of State’s… read more -
Implementation of a Mobile-Based Surveillance System in Saudi Arabia for the 2009 Hajj
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The Hajj is considered to be the largest mass gathering to date, attracting an estimated 2.5 million Muslims from more than 160 countries annually. The H1N1 Influenza A pandemic of 2009 generated a global wave of concern among public health… read more