Editorial: Public health surveillance systems and outbreak response: evidence from the fielddoi:10.3389/fitd.2024.1386668Kenu, ErnestBandoh, Delia AkosuaKaburi, Basil BenduriDer, Joyce BerkumwinFrontiers in Tropical Diseases
National public health response to an outbreak of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae among asylum seekers in England, 2022: a descriptive epidemiologica... Background In July, 2022, an increase in diphtheria cases caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae (C diphtheriae) was reported among ...
Information from the present evaluation provided the New York City DOHMH with conservative estimates of cost and personnel time for use in future outbreak response planning. The significant burden and consequences of measles outbreaks as well as other public health emergencies underscore the importance ...
Contact monitoring is an essential component of the public health response to a Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak, and is required for an effective quarantine to contain the epidemic. The timeliness of a quarantine is associated with its effectiveness. This paper provides a conceptua...
While the World Health Organization said Thursday that the novel coronavirus outbreak has become a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, Lipkin said this should not be considered to imply a criticism of Chinese scientists, health care workers or government officials. ...
Outbreak response committees were defined in all countries (except Maldives); they comprised major stakeholders from the public sector under the direction of the Ministry of Health (MoH); in a number of countries these also comprised stakeholders from other Ministries and Agencies (Brazil, Mexico, ...
Public health surveillance, outbreak investigations and response to an outbreak of a bleeding illness in Hoima and Buliisa districts, Western Uganda, Sep-O... Public health surveillance, outbreak investigations and response to an outbreak of a bleeding illness in Hoima and Buliisa districts, Western...
The WHO held that though the outbreak is a health emergency in the DRC and the region, but does not meet all the three criteria for a PHEIC, which specify that the health event should be "serious, sudden, unusual or unexpected; carries implications for public health beyond the affected Stat...
The role of the public health nurse in responding to a TB outbreak is instrumental in controlling the disease and preventing further spread in a community. This presentation focuses on the interventions carried out by public health nurses in Grand Forks, ND where a TB outbreak occurred in late ...
This study from the Chinese CDC describes epidemiologic features of a second outbreak of COVID-19 in Beijing, China, in June and July 2020, and the public health response that contained it. Protecting Health Care Workers Against COVID-19—and Being Prepared for Future Pandemics ...