Early Warning Disease Surveillance After a Flood Emergency -- Pakistan, 2010.

Autor: Sabatinelli, Guido, Kakar, Suzette Rene, Khan, Musa Rahim, Malik, Mamunur, Kazi, Birjees Mazher, Aurakzai, Jahanzeb Khan, Gayer, Michelle, Husain, Farah, Brennan, Muireann, Bilukha, Oleg, Shaikh, Irshad, Cookson, Susan, Shahpar, Cyrus
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Zdroj: MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report; 12/14/2012, Vol. 61 Issue 49, p1002-1007, 6p, 2 Charts
Abstrakt: The article discusses surveillance results of the implementation of the improved disease early warning system (DEWS) for outbreak detection and response in Pakistan following the extreme flooding in the country during July-August 2010. It explores the challenges that emerge during the rapid implementation of DEWS which include the difficulty of monitoring the reporting of the diseases and the change in the acceptance of standardized reporting forms. The benefits of the system is also explained.
Databáze: Complementary Index