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The Opioid Epidemic: From Evidence to Impact
Content Type: Report
Released October 2017. Prepared by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Clinton Foundation, Clinton Health Matters Initiative. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EXCERPT While prescription opioids serve an invaluable role for the… read more -
Potential Efficacy of Pregnancy Status on HIV Laboratory Reports
Content Type: Abstract
In Louisiana, information contained on electronic laboratory reports is not able to identify the pregnancy status for the majority of HIV-infected women. Laboratories have access to ICD9/ICD10 codes which could provide information about… read more -
Using Mobile Technology to Help Eliminate Malaria in Zanzibar
Content Type: Abstract
Zanzibar is comprised primarily of two large islands with a population of 1.3 million. Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) campaigns, distribution of long-lasting insecticide treated bed nets (LLINs), ensuring treatment medication is available, and use… read more -
Biosurveillance Adaptable Framework for Teaming, Exploration and Reuse (BioAFTER)
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Next-generation software environments for disease surveillance will need to have several important characteristics, among which are collaboration and search and discovery features, access to various data sets, and a variety of analytic methods.… read more -
Primer: Opioid-related Public Health Emergency Declarations
Content Type: References
This Primer, published by the Network for Public Health Law on November 17, 2017, and updated on August 1, 2018, on Opioid-related Public Health Emergencies provides key information and visual snapshots of federal, state, tribal, and local emergency… read more -
The French Emergency Department OSCOUR Network: Evaluation After a 10-year Existence
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After the major impact of the 2003 heat wave, France needed a reactive, permanent and national surveillance system enabling to detect and to follow-up various public health events all over the territory including overseas. In June 2004, the French… read more -
Enhancing Surveillance on the BioSense Platform through Improved Onboarding Processes
Content Type: Abstract
In 2017, the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) continued to expand as a national scope data source with over 6,500 facilities registered on the BioSense Platform, including 4,000 active, 1,800 onboarding, and 700 planned or inactive… read more -
Comparison of National and Local Syndromic Surveillance Data - Cook County, IL, 2017
Content Type: Abstract
In 2005, the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) began using the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) as an emergency department (ED)-based local syndromic surveillance program… read more