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Evaluating the Relationship between Heat-Related ED Visits and Weather Variables
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The ability to estimate and characterize the burden of disease on a population is important for all public health events, including extreme heat events. Preparing for such events is critical to minimize the associated morbidity and mortality [1, 2… read more… 2009;117:61�7 3. National Weather Service. Heat: http://www.weather.gov/om/ heat/index.shtml. *Bill Storm E-mail: … 2011, 4: 11080 - DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.11080 http://www.weather.gov/om/heat/index.shtml … -
Evaluation of the NATO Disease Surveillance System in Kosovo in 2010
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The 2010 NATO DSS experiment was the second deployment of the French ‘Alerte et Surveillance en Temps Re´el’ (ASTER) system within a multinational armed task force in real operational conditions. This experiment was scheduled within the ASTER… read more… within the ASTER evaluation program (Figure 1), as con- structed by French and NATO Armed Forces after several … Meynard et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 60 Acknowledgements This paper was … Health Threats Journal J-B Meynard et al. 2011, 4:s100 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 61 … -
Enhance public health data capacity through statewide health information exchange of immunization records
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Utah Statewide Immunization Information System (USIIS) is the state immunization registry. It is connected to about 700 organizations, including 100% public health clinics, 60% of private providers, many schools, daycares, pharmacies… read more… cHIE, including demographics, consolidated immunizations, con- traindication, and exemption information. Weekly … W Xu et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 74 Acknowledgements Acknowledgement to … Emerging Health Threats Journal W Xu et al. 2011, 4:s91 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 75 … -
Syndromic surveillance in animal health: public, animal and food safety
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Early detection of diseases in animal populations is key to protecting the health of companion animals and livestock. Safeguarding the health of animals aims at protecting human populations from diseases that are transmissible from animals to humans… read more… x … Animal diseases • Potential economic impact 3 http://www.bio-era.net/activities/thinking.html http://www.bio-era.net/activities/thinking.html http://www.bio-era.net/activities/thinking.html … -
The use of NC DETECT ED data to examine heat-related illness
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NC DETECT provides near-real-time statewide surveillance capacity to local, regional and state level users across NC with twice daily data feeds from 119 (99%) emergency departments (EDs), hourly updates from the statewide poison center, and daily… read more… waves: heat-related illness (HRI) by keyword, by ICD-9-CM codes and dehydration (keyword). The ICD-9-CM report captures the most visits for HRI compared with the … A Ising et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 17 Conclusions NC DETECT receives triage … -
Outbreak Observatory: Conducting operational research during outbreaks to improve preparedness and response
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Presented June 27, 2018. During this presentation, researchers discussed how Outbreak Observatory, a pilot project initiated by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, facilitated the conduct of real-time operational research during… read more… Human Services. Fiscal Year 2013 Budget in Brief. http://www.hhs.gov/budget/budget-brief-fy2013.pdf. Accessed Febuary … 21, 2012. E xp en di tu re s (in m ill io ns ) http://www.hhs.gov/budget/budget-brief-fy2013.pdf Recent … jnuzzo1@jhu.edu info@outbreakobservatory.org www.outbreakobservatory.org Thank you! … -
Odisha State’s Malaria Reduction Success – Role of Information for Action
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Presentation identifies the Odisha State in eastern coastal India as a region in the country and world with exceptionally high rates of malaria infection. Odisha, which represents 3% of India’s population was… read more… (R), 094370 29020 (M) E-mail: harapattnaikscb@gmail.com Director, Health Services, Odisha Vice-President, … 2017, compared to 2016 No. of Districts with API>10 have come down to 9 in 2017 from 13 in 2016 Angul, Sambalpur, Deogarh & Sundergarh have come down to less than 10 API Nuapada, Boudh have come down … -
Utilizing the 'Crowd Trial' for Pharmacovigilance: a case report
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Singulair (MONTELUKAST SODIUM) is a Leukotriene receptor antagonist, indicated to prevent asthma attacks in adults and children. It is also used to relieve allergies in adults and children. Singulair was approved by the FDA in February 20, 1998. In… read more… *Limor Bar-Hai E-mail: limor@firstliferesearch.com (page number not for citation purpose) Fig. 1. FLR …