Evaluation of an ad hoc paper-based syndromic surveillance system in Ibaraki evacuation centres following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Evaluation of an ad hoc paper-based syndromic surveillance system in Ibaraki evacuation centres following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Outbreaks of infectious diseases can occur after natural disasters as vital services are disrupted and populations move into evacuation centres. National notifiable disease surveillance may be inadequate in these situations because of resource-consuming disease confirmation or system interruptions....

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Main Authors: Matthew M Griffith, Yuichiro Yahata, Fujiko Irie, Hajime Kamiya, Aika Watanabe, Yusuke Kobayashi, Tamano Matsui, Nobuhiko Okabe, Kiyosu Taniguchi, Tomimasa Sunagawa, Kazunori Oishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific 2018-12-01
Series:Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
Subjects:
syndromic surveillance
disasters
disaster planning
public health surveillance
surveillance evaluation
evacuation centres
infectious diseases
Online Access:https://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/566/866

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