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Invited Commentary: Automated Public Health Reporting-- A Familiar but Cantankerous Friend
Content Type: Abstract
The Electronic medical record Support for Public health (ESP) project by Klompas et al. (1) promises improved public health reporting by exploiting information captured in electronic health records. This project pulls together a number of… read more… inflammatory disease reporting may be low not due to a lack of technology, but because of sensitivity by the … -
Rapid ad-hoc cross-jurisdictional sharing of syndrome data using Distribute technology
Content Type: Abstract
Cross-jurisdictional sharing of public health syndrome data is useful for many reasons, among them to provide a larger regional or national view of activity and to determine if unusual activity observed in one jurisdiction is atypical. Considerable… read more… project does not impose strict syndrome definitions. This lack of standardization intro- duces variability between … -
Anthrax in Human and Livestock: Investigation and Response, Turkana-Kenya, 2012
Content Type: Case Study
Timely outbreak response requires effective early warning and surveillance systems. This investigation points out the important role that livestock keepers can play in veterinary surveillance. The investigation revealed that pastoralists had good… read more… a challenge or barrier to overcome. -Sample handling and lack of laboratory capacity for the veterinary team to carry … -
CEDESAP and REDesastres network with 'One Health" surveillance approach for the sanitary risk reduction in the agricultural sector
Content Type: Case Study
CEDESAP-REDesastres was developed as a result of the holistic approach needed to cope increases of sanitary disaster risks by emerging and reemerging diseases animal and plant diseases with high negative impact on human health, as well as other… read more… in the national technological platform due the lack of a broad band for Internet connection and its … -
Using R Shiny to Share Surveillance Data
Content Type: Webinar
Presented November 21, 2017. This presentation covers how the shiny package can complement traditional surveillance reporting through online, interactive applications. Kelley demonstrates a shiny application Cook County is currently… read more… function uses the inputId to create content that is fed back to the ui function for display The content is tagged … -
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… when it moves, how long it stays, and when it comes back. · Fantastic example comes from Kenya, where Caroline … -
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… Open Source Possible Challenges • May lack in-depth and complete documentation • No inherent … -
Uganda and Ethiopia Field Epidemiology Training Program Case studies in Applied epidemiology No. 001 - 815
Content Type: Case Study
WHO designated yellow fever as an endemic disease in Ethiopia in the early 1950s. Yellow fever, a zoonotic hemorrhagic fever disease (sylvatic and urban types), are endemic in Ethiopia due to its geographical location and climatic conditions… read more… in yellow fever endemic area .after several years back as re-emerging disease. Monkeys are suspected of having …