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  • Utilization of Syndromic Surveillance with Multiple Data Sources to Enhance Public Health Response

    Content Type: Abstract

    In the event of a large-scale public health crisis, successfully detecting and assessing health threats and monitoring population health status over a sustained period of time is likely to require integration of information from multiple… read more
    … enhance their emergency situational awareness capacity. Document … source of information used to provide health protection guidance to the public was air quality data, not human …
  • Facilitating Cross-Sectoral Collaboration Through One Health Country-Level Work Groups

    Content Type: Case Study

    Zoonotic diseases compose a large proportion of the disease burden faced by African countries (e.g. Ebola). A One Health approach to disease control has been embraced across the continent, yet public health and veterinary surveillance systems in… read more
    … continued technical collaboration, and WHO/AFRO for their guidance and support of these efforts. Thank you to the …
  • Kansas Uses Syndromic Surveillance Data to Educate the Public and Providers about Rabies

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Rabies is caused by a virus spread to people from the saliva and neural tissue of infected animals. The most common mode of transmission is through the bite of a rabid animal; however, rabies can be transmitted through non-bite exposures (e.g.,… read more
    … about rabies—specifically, exposure to bats. LDCHD staff document disease investigations, animal complaints, and food … of Environment and Health KDHE.Syndromic@ks.gov Document NSSP-Success-Story-Rabies.pdf Submitted by elamb on … about rabies—specifically, exposure to bats. LDCHD staff document disease investigations, animal complaints, and food …
  • Malaria: A New Model for Disease Eradication

    Content Type: Presentation Slides

    Defines the current state of impact of malaria. positioning the disease as leading cause of death by disease worldwide. In last 12 years, seven million lives have been saved with a reduction of 60% in fatalities.… read more
    … Edlund Martin Tuesday, January 1, 2019 - 12:00 Document Malaria_as_New_Modelfor_Disease_Eradication.docx … with the Government of Orissa to analyze and optimize document and disseminate this program and encourage adoption …
  • Electronic Disease Surveillance System (EDSS) Vendor Analysis

    Content Type: Report

    Public health agencies have to work with a several disparate systems, a lack of robust reporting capabilities, and a lack of standardized surveillance, along with inherent funding challenges. The purpose of this analysis is to help state and local… read more
    … Health Informatics Institute welcomes comments on this document and related issues. Please send all correspondence … meet the needs • Toolkit: Vendor Analysis section of this document Prepare • Conduct a Request for Proposal exercise • … an external system        1.1.93 Allow user to document patient/contact treatment details and diagnostics  …
  • BioSense 2.0 Webinar: Features Update

    Content Type: Webinar

    This Webinar will help you learn about new and upcoming BioSense 2.0 features and how they can enhance your user experience. Nabarun Dasgupta of the BioSense Redesign Team will review new BioSense functionalities and services as well as discuss how… read more
    … Team ( more information about this webinar series ) Document Biosense_Webinar_Slides.pdf Document Biosense_Features_Update_Qa.pdf Document Bs2webinar_Features_Update_Webinar_Report.pdf … …
  • 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
    … commence over the coming year, and I intend to follow and document this programme and its integration with existing …
  • School Disease Transmission: Has the time come for coordination between monitors and modelers?

    Content Type: Webinar

    Guoyan Zhang and Anthony Llau, Miami-Dade County Health Department, have been instrumental in developing the School-Based Absentee Surveillance System (SBASS), which uses school absentee data to identify outbreaks as part of syndromic surveillance.… read more
    … Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Host ISDS Research Committee Document Potter_Slides.pdf Document … days, early release days, holidays and other events as a guidance to holidays and other events as a guidance to … [cited 2010 Jul 22]. http://www.myflusafety.com/SwineFlu/documents/RevisedH1N1 ClinicianGuidance2010Jan.pdf …