Active CCHF natural foci were reported in 3 southern regions of Kazakhstan. The CCHF virus reservoir and vectors are ixodic ticks. 3-12 human CCHF cases occur per year; infection occurs through tick bites and CCHF patient blood contact. Prediction of the CCHF epidemiological situation is extremely difficult due to a variety of natural and social factors that directly or indirectly influence development of CCHF outbreaks. Kazakhstan has conducted research of EIDSS software application for processing an array of epidemiological data and situation prediction in certain regions of Kazakhstan. Objective: Evaluation of accuracy of the population epidemic risks prognosis for 2013 in the natural foci of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in the Republic of Kazakhstan with application of Electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance System (EIDSS) version 4.
Electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance System (EIDSS)
Capital Health is a regional health care organization, which provides services for over one million inhabitants in the Edmonton area of Alberta, Canada. Traditionally, disease surveillance under its jurisdiction has been paper-based and records maintained by different departments in several locations. Before the Alberta Real Time Syndromic Surveillance Net (ARTSSN), there was no centralized database or unified approach to surveillance and automated reporting despite rich electronic health data in the region. The existing labor-intensive manual surveillance process is inefficient and inherently susceptible to human error. Its effectiveness is sub-optimal in detecting outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases, and clusters of injuries or toxic exposures. The ultimate objective of ARTSSN is to enhance public health surveillance through earlier and more sensitive detection of clusters and trends, with subsequent tracking and response through an integrated, automated surveillance and reporting system.
Objective
ARTSSN is a pilot public health surveillance project developed for the Capital Health region of Alberta, Canada and funded by Alberta Health and Wellness. This paper describes the advantages of using ARTSSN and comparing information derived from multiple electronic data sources simultaneously for real time syndromic surveillance.
The Threat Agent Detection and (TADR) Network currently supports the U.S. Government’s (USG) strategy for strengthening Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) compliance through focus on disease surveillance and investigations of suspicious outbreaks of disease in the Republics of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia and Azerbaijan. TADR is a comprehensive approach to achieving the USG’s overall BWC compliance, and consists of
several components.
Objective
This paper describes the Electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance System being deployed in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, and Azerbaijan under the Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) as part of the TADR Network.
EIDSS supports collection and analysis of epidemiological, clinical and laboratory information on infectious diseases in medical, veterinary and environmental sectors. At this moment the system is deployed in Kazakhstan at 150 sites (planned 271) in the veterinary surveillance and at 8 sites (planned 23) in human surveillance. The system enforces the one-health concept and provides capacity to improve surveillance and response to infectious disease including especially dangerous like CCHF. EIDSS has been in development since 2005 and is a free-of-charge tool with plans for open-source development. The system development is based on expertise of a number of US and international experts including CDC, WRAIR, USAMRIID, et al.
Objective:
The objective of this demonstration is to show conference attendees how one-health surveillance in medical, veterinary and environmental sectors can be improved with Electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance System (EIDSS) using CCHF as an example from Kazakhstan.