Beyond traditional surveillance: applying syndromic surveillance to developing settings--opportunities and challenges.

ABSTRACT:

Background

All countries need effective disease surveillance systems for early detection of outbreaks. The revised International Health Regulations [IHR], which entered into force for all 194 World Health Organization member states in 2007, have expanded traditional infectious disease notification to include surveillance for public health events of potential international importance, even if the causative agent is not yet known. However, there are no clearly established guidelines for how countries should conduct this surveillance, which types of emerging disease syndromes should be reported, nor any means for enforcement.

Discussion

The commonly established concept of syndromic surveillance in developed regions encompasses the use of pre-diagnostic information in a near rea

SUBMITTER: May L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2718884 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature