| Surveillance No. . | Attributes of Disease Surveillance System . | Surveillance System Strengths . |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indicator-based surveillance system | The laboratory system should be able to predict the longer term trends of diseases and detect the disease with sensitivity and specificity. |
| 2 | Notifiable disease surveillance system | The predicted trends should be monitored and detected in real time and recorded reported to concerned policymakers and the public in general. |
| 3 | Event-based surveillance | The surveillance system can detect all disease events irrespective of the location of occurrence, and all-time vigilance is important and provided by the program. |
| 4 | Rapid risk assessment Surveillance | The system is constantly capable of and able to assess a developing situation to provide reliable data sets for the public health professional for appropriate decision making. |
| 5 | Rapid response and when required permit funding for research in surveillance | The surveillance framework should have adequate funding and research infrastructure. The program managers in the system should have decision making capability and resources to carry analytical epidemiological studies during outbreaks and have the further mandate to carry out research to identify risk factors for outbreaks as well new diseases in the community. |
| 6 | An improved diagnostic that could help support improved cholera surveillance in India | Although the signs and symptoms of severe cholera can be easily identified in locations where it is prevalent, the only way to be sure is to identify the bacteria in a stool sample. Doctors in rural places might use rapid cholera dipstick tests to confirm a cholera diagnosis. Now, molecular technologies provide a quick confirmation of disease and thus reduces the number of people who die at the outset of a cholera outbreak and allows for earlier public health efforts to manage the disease. The Delivering Oral Vaccine Effectively (DOVE) program can be implemented in India. |
| Surveillance No. . | Attributes of Disease Surveillance System . | Surveillance System Strengths . |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indicator-based surveillance system | The laboratory system should be able to predict the longer term trends of diseases and detect the disease with sensitivity and specificity. |
| 2 | Notifiable disease surveillance system | The predicted trends should be monitored and detected in real time and recorded reported to concerned policymakers and the public in general. |
| 3 | Event-based surveillance | The surveillance system can detect all disease events irrespective of the location of occurrence, and all-time vigilance is important and provided by the program. |
| 4 | Rapid risk assessment Surveillance | The system is constantly capable of and able to assess a developing situation to provide reliable data sets for the public health professional for appropriate decision making. |
| 5 | Rapid response and when required permit funding for research in surveillance | The surveillance framework should have adequate funding and research infrastructure. The program managers in the system should have decision making capability and resources to carry analytical epidemiological studies during outbreaks and have the further mandate to carry out research to identify risk factors for outbreaks as well new diseases in the community. |
| 6 | An improved diagnostic that could help support improved cholera surveillance in India | Although the signs and symptoms of severe cholera can be easily identified in locations where it is prevalent, the only way to be sure is to identify the bacteria in a stool sample. Doctors in rural places might use rapid cholera dipstick tests to confirm a cholera diagnosis. Now, molecular technologies provide a quick confirmation of disease and thus reduces the number of people who die at the outset of a cholera outbreak and allows for earlier public health efforts to manage the disease. The Delivering Oral Vaccine Effectively (DOVE) program can be implemented in India. |
aMajor responsibility of a sensitive and robust surveillance system is to detect predict disease trends.
| Surveillance No. . | Attributes of Disease Surveillance System . | Surveillance System Strengths . |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indicator-based surveillance system | The laboratory system should be able to predict the longer term trends of diseases and detect the disease with sensitivity and specificity. |
| 2 | Notifiable disease surveillance system | The predicted trends should be monitored and detected in real time and recorded reported to concerned policymakers and the public in general. |
| 3 | Event-based surveillance | The surveillance system can detect all disease events irrespective of the location of occurrence, and all-time vigilance is important and provided by the program. |
| 4 | Rapid risk assessment Surveillance | The system is constantly capable of and able to assess a developing situation to provide reliable data sets for the public health professional for appropriate decision making. |
| 5 | Rapid response and when required permit funding for research in surveillance | The surveillance framework should have adequate funding and research infrastructure. The program managers in the system should have decision making capability and resources to carry analytical epidemiological studies during outbreaks and have the further mandate to carry out research to identify risk factors for outbreaks as well new diseases in the community. |
| 6 | An improved diagnostic that could help support improved cholera surveillance in India | Although the signs and symptoms of severe cholera can be easily identified in locations where it is prevalent, the only way to be sure is to identify the bacteria in a stool sample. Doctors in rural places might use rapid cholera dipstick tests to confirm a cholera diagnosis. Now, molecular technologies provide a quick confirmation of disease and thus reduces the number of people who die at the outset of a cholera outbreak and allows for earlier public health efforts to manage the disease. The Delivering Oral Vaccine Effectively (DOVE) program can be implemented in India. |
| Surveillance No. . | Attributes of Disease Surveillance System . | Surveillance System Strengths . |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indicator-based surveillance system | The laboratory system should be able to predict the longer term trends of diseases and detect the disease with sensitivity and specificity. |
| 2 | Notifiable disease surveillance system | The predicted trends should be monitored and detected in real time and recorded reported to concerned policymakers and the public in general. |
| 3 | Event-based surveillance | The surveillance system can detect all disease events irrespective of the location of occurrence, and all-time vigilance is important and provided by the program. |
| 4 | Rapid risk assessment Surveillance | The system is constantly capable of and able to assess a developing situation to provide reliable data sets for the public health professional for appropriate decision making. |
| 5 | Rapid response and when required permit funding for research in surveillance | The surveillance framework should have adequate funding and research infrastructure. The program managers in the system should have decision making capability and resources to carry analytical epidemiological studies during outbreaks and have the further mandate to carry out research to identify risk factors for outbreaks as well new diseases in the community. |
| 6 | An improved diagnostic that could help support improved cholera surveillance in India | Although the signs and symptoms of severe cholera can be easily identified in locations where it is prevalent, the only way to be sure is to identify the bacteria in a stool sample. Doctors in rural places might use rapid cholera dipstick tests to confirm a cholera diagnosis. Now, molecular technologies provide a quick confirmation of disease and thus reduces the number of people who die at the outset of a cholera outbreak and allows for earlier public health efforts to manage the disease. The Delivering Oral Vaccine Effectively (DOVE) program can be implemented in India. |
aMajor responsibility of a sensitive and robust surveillance system is to detect predict disease trends.
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