Surveillance Systems

Most European countries are facing a continuous increased influx of asylum seekers. Poor living conditions in crowded shelters and refugee camps increase the risk for - outbreaks of - infectious diseases in this vulnerable population. In line with ECDC recommendations, we aim to improve information on infectious diseases among asylum seekers by establishing a new syndromic surveillance system in the Netherlands. This system will complement the notifiable disease system for infectious diseases.The aim of the syndromic surveillance system is to improve the detecting of outbreaks of infectious diseases in asylum seekers’ centres in an early stage of development to be able to take adequate and timely measures to prevent further spread, and to collect information on the burden of infection within this population.

Objective

Facing challenges to establish a new national syndromic surveillance system in the Netherlands for infectious diseases among asylum seekers.

Submitted by teresa.hamby@d… on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 15:50

Road Traffic Injury is common cause of unintentional injury globally and Low and middle income countries account for 90%of 1.3 million Road Traffic Injury (RTI) deaths. In Africa region, Nigeria accounts for 25% of RTI mortality but has no comprehensive and reliable RTI surveillance system. Data from Federal Road Safety Commissions (FRSC) shows gaps in RTI reporting with large disparity with estimated value from World Health Organization.

Objective

We pilot a RTI surveillance system using data from FRSC, Policemotor traffic division and Health facilities in Kaduna metropolis, Nigeria to ascertain its feasibility and generate data needed for action toward achieving sustainable development goals 3.6 target.

Submitted by teresa.hamby@d… on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 10:38

Malaria is a preventable disease but 3.4 billion people at risk globally with 207 million cases and 627 deaths reported in 2013. Africa accounts for 80% of cases and 90% of all malaria deaths. Nigeria accounts for 25% of malaria burden in Africa. The goal of malaria control is to reduce malaria –related transmissions, cases and deaths to a level where it is no longer a public health concern.

Objective

We aim to assess the implementation of malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment strategies, to assess implementation trends from 2011 to 2014 and if surveillance targets were met.

Submitted by Magou on Wed, 07/12/2017 - 01:00

Community influenza infection rates are highest among children. In children, influenza can cause severe illness and complications including, respiratory failure and death. Annual influenza vaccination is recommended for all persons aged ≥ 6 months. In 2004, influenza- associated deaths in children became a notifiable condition.

Objective

To characterize and describe influenza-associated pediatric deaths in the United States over five influenza seasons, 2010–11 through 2014–15.

Submitted by Magou on Fri, 07/07/2017 - 01:00

Specific communicable diseases have to be reported by law within a specific time period. In Ohio, prior to 2001, most of these disease reports were on paper reports that were reported from providers to local health departments. In turn, the Communicable Disease Nurse mailed the hard copies to the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). In 2001 the Ohio Disease Reporting System (ODRS) was rolled out to all local public health agencies in Ohio. ODRS is Ohio’s portion of the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System. ODRS should not be confused with syndromic surveillance systems that are for detecting a disease outbreak before the disease itself is detected. Chronic disease surveillance system data has been evaluated for long-term trends and potential enhancements. However, the use of communicable disease reports vary greatly. However, the export data has not routinely been used for quality improvement purposes of the disease reporting process itself. In December 2014, Greene County Public Health (GCPH) began a project to improve reporting of communicable diseases and the response to disease outbreaks.

Objective

Improve disease reporting and outbreak management.

Submitted by Magou on Fri, 07/07/2017 - 01:00

Situational awareness is important for early warning and early detection of infectious disease outbreaks and occurs at both local and global scales. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is developing a suite of tools to provide actionable information and knowledge for enhanced situational awareness during an unfolding event. These tools are available to the global disease surveillance community through the LANL biosurveillance gateway (http://bsv.lanl.gov, under "resources" tab) or through independent links provided with each tool description;

Epidemiologists are often frustrated by the lack of timely, accurate, and comprehensive surveillance data. This webinar describes the results of three years of research into a new approach to surveillance information collection, management, and use. A multidisciplinary team of epidemiologists, social scientists, and information technology experts has developed a philosophy and information mangement platform that has successfully created a system that most have only dreamed about - real-time, accurate, comprehensive surveillance data at your fingertips - at a remarkably affordable price.

The Public Health Community Platform (PHCP) is a CDC-funded ASTHO project envisioned to provide Universal access to modernized shared resources that efficiently, securely, and collaboratively transform data into action for a healthier nation.

In this webinar, a syndromic surveillance system based on data from a national medical helpline and website will be discussed. The presentation will describe the two data sources (telephone triage and web queries) and the development of methods for local outbreak detection and awareness based on calls, with a particular focus on the large Cryptosporidum outbreaks in Sweden in 2010/2011 (as presented in the paper by Anderson et al, 2014). An update of the incorporation of those methods in a new surveillance system will be given.

In September, 2015, Nigeria was delisted from the list of polio endemic countries globally. To be certified polio free, the country must attain and maintain certification standard Acute Flaccid Paralysis(AFP) surveillance for additional two-years. In Oyo State, no case of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) has been reported since February, 2009.

Objective

We evaluated the AFP surveillance system in Oyo State to assessits attributes and determine if it was meeting its set objectives.

Submitted by teresa.hamby@d… on Tue, 06/20/2017 - 11:11

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