How can we improve global infectious disease surveillance and prevent the next outbreak?

Despite a significant amount of progress in the past decade, global infectious disease surveillance still often falters, as in the case of the emerging novel coronavirus that has killed at least 17 people in Saudi Arabia. This article argues that we must continuously re-evaluate global infectious disease surveillance systems. It takes stock of problems in various countries' infectious disease surveillance systems and offers recommendations for how to improve surveillance and ensure more rapid reporting. Chief among the recommendations are strategies for reducing fragmentation in global surveillance systems and methods for making these systems less disease-specific. Suggestions are also offered for ways to improve infectious disease surveillance strategies in resource-limited settings.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:45

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Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 45(2013), 12 vom: 15. Dez., Seite 944-7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gorman, Sara [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 07.08.2014

Date Revised 20.11.2014

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3109/00365548.2013.826877

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM230550185