Interim Report to Congress on National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  In December 2016, Congress authorized CDC to develop a National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System (NNCSS) in the 21st Century Cures Act. This report was prepared in response to a requirement in the legislation pursuant to Section 2061, for an interim report regarding “aggregate information collected . . . and epidemiological analysis, as appropriate.” With the initial appropriation in fiscal year 2019, CDC
  
  • Met with stakeholders to understand their need,
  
  • Developed a three-stage strategy to establish integrated surveillance for a wide range of different neurological conditions by building upon existing data systems, and
  
  • Initiated the first stage of the NNCSS strategy, involving demonstration projects to determine how we can best estimate rates of disease for two conditions: multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson’s disease (PD).
  
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  NNCSS_Interim_Report.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Multiple Sclerosis Nervous System Diseases Parkinson Disease Public Health Surveillance
• Document Type:
  Report
• Name as Subject:
  National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System (NNCSS) Project
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  6 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6b6104a9b457c5b415cc71c0f082a2932f4df9f9afed9aa6830679bd1da5872f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/134981/cdc_134981_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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