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Qatar experience on MERS-CoV One Health Surveillance and Response, 2012 - 2015
Content Type: Case Study
The emergence of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) in 2012 had placed a great concern on the public health institutions globally and in particular in the Arab region. The gaps in knowledge related to the novel virus put… read more… _x__ Cross-Agency Communication and Collaboration _x_ Training and Resources _x__ Technologies and Methodologies … slaughter house, camel race, and at the ports of entry, training of animal and human health practitioners on early … -
Human-learned lessons about machine learning in public health surveillance
Content Type: Webinar
Presented December 13, 2018. For public health surveillance, is machine learning worth the effort? What methods are relevant? Do you need special hardware? This talk was motivated by these and other questions asked by ISDS members. It will focus… read more… What methods are relevant? [cont'd] A good baseline: Train a model using Random Forests, Boosted Trees, or … sophisticated methods may perform. • A nice discussion of training a single model for multiple outcomes vs discrete … • For autism classification, we got similar performance training on 1162 observations vs ~3000. • More complex … -
Obtainable and Sustainable: Open Source Solutions for the Future of Public Health
Content Type: Webinar
Public health can harness the power of increasingly available health population data to improve practice and effectively allocate resources to areas of need. The driving forces of Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) and Meaningful Use are changing… read more… return comes from additional implementation services, training and software update maintenance 3 Open Source v. … Most all financial returns based on charges for services, training and ongoing support – Source code belongs to the … -
The "One Health" experience in India: A partnership among veterinarians, pysicians and other healthcare professionals in curbing Vector Borne Zoonoses
Content Type: Case Study
Kyasannur Forest Disease (KFD) is a tick borne viral disease first reported in Shimoga district of Karnataka, India. On January 6th 2015, the disease has spread to neighbouring state, Kerala and a forest guard from Sulthan Bathery, Wayanad who had… read more… _x__ Cross-Agency Communication and Collaboration ___ Training and Resources ___ Technologies and Methodologies … Centre for One Health Education, Advocacy, Research and Training (COHEART) organized a stakeholder workshop and … -
The Big Picture: Using Antibiotic Use and Surveillance Data to Better Inform Stewardship in Healthcare Settings
Content Type: Webinar
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that antibiotic-resistant infections affect 2 million people and cause 23,000 deaths annually in the United States. It is well documented that the primary driver of antibiotic resistance… read more… Ann Family Med 2015; 13(3) 221-7. Communication training as a public health intervention? � Enhanced communications training reduces antibiotic prescribing for respiratory … and feedback � Clinical decision support � Communications training � Public commitments � Combined interventions are … -
Modeling surveillance networks for Human African Trypanosomiasis control in Northern Uganda
Content Type: Case Study
The multiple forms of Human African Trypanosomiasis (human T.b. gambiense and zoonotic T.b. rhodesiense, as well as the several strains which cause disease in animals) that occur in Uganda make coordinating the scientific and developmental, human… read more… _X__ Cross-Agency Communication and Collaboration _X__ Training and Resources _X__ Technologies and Methodologies … levels in remote areas at most risk. • More frequent training of health staff at front-line facilities is needed … -
Resolving the 'Boy Who Cried Wolf' Syndrome
Content Type: Abstract
To date, most syndromic surveillance systems rely heavily on complicated statistical algorithms to identify aberrations. The assumption is that when the statistics identify something unusual, follow-up should occur. However, with multiple strata… read more… phrases, and combinations of variables were used to train the natural language processor (NLP) on which records … and alerting thresholds needed to cause a flag and (2) training the NLP to return a list of key chief complaints … -
Using Electronic Surveillance Systems in Resource-Poor Settings: Why and How
Content Type: Abstract
Difficulties in timely acquisition and interpretation of accurate data on communicable diseases can impede outbreak detection and control. These limitations are of global importance: they contribute to avoidable morbidity,… read more… and analysis; the skill sets of current personnel and the training needed for the new system; and the commitment of …