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Mortality Associated with Heat Wave of 2010 and Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan
Content Type: Webinar
Ahmedabad, India was hit by a heat wave marked by record-breaking maximum temperatures in May 2010. This heat wave resulted in an excess of 1,344 deaths relative to May 2009 and May 2011-a 43% increase in mortality. Out of concern for future heat… read more -
Making health measurable IHME and the Global Burden of Disease
Content Type: Webinar
Overview of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Presenter William Heisel, Director of Global Engagement, IHME read more -
Making the Best Use of Textual ED Data for Syndromic Surveillance
Content Type: Webinar
In this webinar Dr. Travers will review two tools developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which aid in processing textual CC’s and triage notes in support of syndromic surveillance. Textual data from emergency departments… read more -
Building your Dream Surveillance Information System
Content Type: Webinar
Epidemiologists are often frustrated by the lack of timely, accurate, and comprehensive surveillance data. This webinar describes the results of three years of research into a new approach to surveillance information collection, management, and use… read more -
Assessing the Value of Animal Health Surveillance
Content Type: Webinar
Since resources are scarce and governments must work within limited budgets, economic analysis of surveillance systems are an important aid to decision-making by describing alternative surveillance options and identifying which of these is to be… read more -
Approaches to Syndromic Case Definitions for Drug Overdose Surveillance
Content Type: Webinar
This focus of this webinar is to describe different syndromic surveillance approaches to drug overdose surveillance. Presenters will share how their case definitions were developed, stakeholders involved, intended audience and uses, as well as… read more -
Urgent Care Data...should we collect, how, and why?
Content Type: Webinar
More and more patients frequent Urgent Care facilites. In this webinar, we will discuss how NSSP jurisdictions collect it, how is it formatted, and what have they learned; what's the best way to capture and share this information; and why should we… read more -
Preventing blindness due to diabetic retinopathy in India: Need for a paradigm shift
Content Type: Webinar
Estimates suggest that there are 65 million persons living with diabetes in India and 6 million are at risk of going blind due to retinopathy. Recent studies highlight that 45% persons with diabetes are already blind when they present to an eye care… read more