TY - JOUR
T1 - Regional event-based surveillance in WHO’s Western Pacific Region
AU - Lowbridge, Christopher
AU - Chiew, May
AU - Russell, Katherine
AU - Yamagishi, Takuya
AU - Olowokure, Babatunde
AU - Ailan, Li
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - In the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Region, event-based surveillance has been conducted for more than a decade to rapidly detect and assess public health events. This report describes the establishment and evolution of the Western Pacific Region's event-based surveillance system and presents an analysis of public health events in the Region. Between July 2008 and June 2017, a total of 2396 events were reported in the Western Pacific Region, an average of 266 events per year. Infectious diseases in humans and animals accounted for the largest proportion of events recorded during this period (73%, 1743 events). Maintaining and strengthening this well established system is critical to support the rapid detection, assessment and response to public health events to sustain regional health security.
AB - In the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Region, event-based surveillance has been conducted for more than a decade to rapidly detect and assess public health events. This report describes the establishment and evolution of the Western Pacific Region's event-based surveillance system and presents an analysis of public health events in the Region. Between July 2008 and June 2017, a total of 2396 events were reported in the Western Pacific Region, an average of 266 events per year. Infectious diseases in humans and animals accounted for the largest proportion of events recorded during this period (73%, 1743 events). Maintaining and strengthening this well established system is critical to support the rapid detection, assessment and response to public health events to sustain regional health security.
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U2 - 10.5365/wpsar.2018.9.5.009
DO - 10.5365/wpsar.2018.9.5.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 33537160
AN - SCOPUS:85101252452
SN - 2094-7313
VL - 11
SP - 11
EP - 19
JO - Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal
JF - Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal
IS - 2
ER -