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Biosurveillance applications for resource-limited settings: open ESSENCE and ESSENCE desktop edition
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More than a decade ago, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) developed the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based… read more -
The Use of Open Source Software to Enhance Public Health Initiatives
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OSS is rapidly becoming part of more public health applications. Mobile health (mHealth) initiatives and the need for electronic processes to support healthcare (eHealth) provide particularly good examples of government use of open source software.… read more -
Self-Evaluation of an Electronic Disease Surveillance System Implemented in the Peruvian Army: Alerta JESAL
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This paper describes the evaluation of an electronic disease surveillance system implemented in the Peruvian Army following the 2001 CDC surveillance evaluation guidelines. -
Global Health Surveillance: Innovation and Coordination for Broad Health Impact
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Multiple agencies are involved in global disease surveillance and coordination of activities is essential to achieve broad public health impact. Multiple examples of effective and collaborative initiatives exist. The WHO/AFRO developed Integrated… read more -
Infectious Disease Surveillance In Peruvian Navy Ships
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The objective of this research is to describe infectious disease surveillance on military population on board ships. -
Mitigating data collection challenges with adaptive frameworks
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Electronic disease surveillance systems can be extremely valuable tools; however, a critical step in system implementation is collection of data. Without accurate and complete data, statistical anomalies that are detected hold little… read more -
Monitoring Acute Diarrhea via an Electronic Surveillance System in the Peruvian Navy
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Syndromic surveillance can supplement diagnosis-based surveillance in resource-limited settings with limited laboratory infrastructure. Syndromic surveillance allows for early outbreak detection relative to traditional systems and enables community… read more