Title
Planning an Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response System: A Matrix of Skills and Activities
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Publication Title
BioMed Central Medicine
Department
Geisel School of Medicine
Abstract
The threat of a global influenza pandemic and the adoption of the World Health Organization (WHO) International Health Regulations (2005) highlight the value of well-coordinated, functional disease surveillance systems. The resulting demand for timely information challenges public health leaders to design, develop and implement efficient, flexible and comprehensive systems that integrate staff, resources, and information systems to conduct infectious disease surveillance and response. To understand what resources an integrated disease surveillance and response system would require, we analyzed surveillance requirements for 19 priority infectious diseases targeted for an integrated disease surveillance and response strategy in the WHO African region.
DOI
10.1186/1741-7015-5-24
Original Citation
Perry, H.N., McDonnell, S.M., Alemu, W. et al. Planning an integrated disease surveillance and response system: a matrix of skills and activities. BMC Med 5, 24 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-5-24
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Perry, Helen N.; McDonnell, Sharon M.; Alemu, Wondimagegnehu; and Nsubuga, Peter, "Planning an Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response System: A Matrix of Skills and Activities" (2007). Dartmouth Scholarship. 648.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/648
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