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Using NC DETECT for Comprehensive Morbidity Surveillance on Poisoning and Overdose [PDF]

Online J Public Health Inform, 2015
Twelve new locally defined case definitions were added to NC DETECT in May and June 2014 to facilitate timely surveillance for poisoning and overdose in North Carolina. The case definitions cover acute alcohol poisoning, poisoning, unintentional poisoning, heroin overdose, medication or drug overdose, methadone overdose, opioid overdose, prescription ...
Ising A, Harmon K, Waller A, Proescholdbell S, Deyneka L.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

MORBIDITY RATES IN THE NPP SURVEILLANCE ZONE AND RADIOLOGICALLY CONTAMINATED AREAS

Проблеми радіаційної медицини та радіобіології = Problems of Radiation Medicine and Radiobiology, 2018
Comparative review of integral variables of mortality rates in children aged 0-17 years and adult popu-lation of the surveillance zone (SZ) of the Rivne NPP (RNPP) with the morbidity level in respective populationgroups of the radiologically contaminated areas (RCA).Morbidity rates were studied in population of the RNPP SZ (Volodymyretskyi ...
V A, Prylypko, M M, Morozova, O O, Petrychenko, Yu Yu, Ozerova, O V, Kotsubinskij   +4 more
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A research agenda for malaria eradication: monitoring, evaluation, and surveillance. [PDF]

PLoS Medicine, 2011
Monitoring, evaluation, and surveillance measure how well public health programs operate over time and achieve their goals. As countries approach malaria elimination, these activities will need to shift from measuring reductions in morbidity and ...
malERA Consultative Group on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Surveillance
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The role of infection and sepsis in the Brazilian Network for Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity [PDF]

Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2015
AbstractObjectiveTo identify the burden of severe infection within the Brazilian Network for Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity and factors associated with worse maternal outcomes.MethodsThis was a multicentre cross‐sectional study involving 27 referral maternity hospitals in Brazil.
L C, Pfitscher, J G, Cecatti, S M, Haddad, M A, Parpinelli, J P, Souza, S M, Quintana, F G, Surita, M L, Costa   +7 more
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Profile: The Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS). [PDF]

, 2012
The Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS), located on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya, was established in 2000 as a record of births, pregnancies, migration events and deaths and is maintained by 4-monthly household visits.
Tsofa, B, H. Gatakaa, Ojal, J, Nyundo, Christopher, Nyundo, C, Moisi, Jennifer C, Peshu, N, Scott, John, J. C. Moisi, Molyneux, CS, F. Kombe, Moisi, JC, Williams, TN, J. Ojal, Kombe, Francis, Bauni, Evasius, J. A. G. Scott, Molyneux, Catherine S, E. Bauni, Peshu, Norbert, C. Nyundo, Tsofa, Benjamin, Marsh, K, N. Peshu, K. Marsh, Ojal, John, B. Tsofa, Scott, JA, Bauni, E, Scott, J Anthony G, Williams, Thomas N, Scott, JAG, Molyneux, Catherine, Williams, Thomas, Kombe, F, Marsh, Kevin, Gatakaa, Hellen, Gatakaa, H, T. N. Williams, C. S. Molyneux   +39 more
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The use of the "Lansaka Model" as the larval indices surveillance system for a sustainable solution to the dengue problem in southern Thailand. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
BACKGROUND:Dengue has been spreading in Thailand for more than 50 years, and the community prevention of dengue transmission is an important strategy to help reduce outbreaks.
Charuai Suwanbamrung, Chanchuri Thoutong, Thidarat Eksirinimit, Supapon Tongjan, Kanapot Thongkew   +4 more
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Morbidity surveillance and treatment of MDR-TB with the support of NGOs in Ukraine [PDF]

Online J Public Health Inform, 2018
ObjectiveDescribe the common work of Donetsk State Phthisiological Service and non-governmental organizations that has been conducted since 2014 in order to achieve the global goal for tuberculosis elimination.IntroductionThe global strategy for eliminating tuberculosis (TB) epidemic "End TB" has been implemented in the world since 2016.
Pozharova I, Daragan G, Stepanskiy D, Kolesnikova I.   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations, Singapore, 2004–2008 and 2010–2012

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Studies of influenza-associated hospitalizations in tropical settings are lacking. To increase understanding of the effect of influenza in Singapore, we estimated the age-specific influenza-associated hospitalizations for pneumonia and influenza during ...
Li Wei Ang, Cindy Lim, Vernon Jian Ming Lee, Stefan Ma, Wei Wei Tiong, Peng Lim Ooi, Raymond Tzer Pin Lin, Lyn James, Jeffery Cutter   +8 more
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Improving Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Diseases through Geocoded Morbidity Assignment [PDF]

Public Health Reports®, 2009
Objectives. We assessed the added value of using a geocoderto improve sexually transmitted disease (STD) surveillance data and decision support through redistribution of inaccurately assigned morbidity in Richmond, Virginia.
Jeffrey A, Stover, Khalid A, Kheirallah, Philip Christopher, Delcher, Carrie B, Dolan, LaShonda, Johnson   +4 more
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Tuberculous Meningitis in Children: A Forgotten Public Health Emergency

Frontiers in Neurology, 2022
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children with tuberculosis (TB), yet there are currently no estimates of the global burden of pediatric TBM.
Karen du Preez, Helen E. Jenkins, Peter R. Donald, Regan S. Solomons, Stephen M. Graham, Stephen M. Graham, H. Simon Schaaf, H. Simon Schaaf, Jeffrey R. Starke, Anneke C. Hesseling, James A. Seddon, James A. Seddon   +11 more
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