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Alternative Title:
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0948
Personal Author:
Juin, Stanley ; Schaad, Nicolas ; Lafontant, Donald ; Joseph, Gerard A. ; Barzilay, Ezra ; ... More +
Juin, Stanley ; Schaad, Nicolas ; Lafontant, Donald ; Joseph, Gerard A. ; Barzilay, Ezra ; Boncy, Jacques ; Barrais, Robert ; Louis, Frantz Jean ; Jean Charles, Nadia Lapierre ; Corvil, Salomon ; Barthelemy, Nickolsno ; Dismer, Amber ; Pierre, Jean Samuel ; Archer, Roodly W. ; Antoine, Mayer ; Marston, Barbara ; Katz, Mark ; Dely, Patrick ; Adrien, Paul ; Fitter, David L. ; Lowrance, David ; Patel, Roopal Less -
Description:
Haiti's health system has faced many challenges over the years, with competing health priorities in the context of chronic financial and human resource limitations. As a result, the existing notifiable disease surveillance system was unable to provide the most basic epidemiologic data for public health decision-making and action. In the wake of the January 2010 earthquake, the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population collaborated with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Pan American Health Organization, and other local and international partners to implement a functional national surveillance system. More than 7 years later, it is important to take the opportunity to reflect on progress made on surveillance and response in Haiti, including disease detection, reporting, outbreak investigation, and response. The national epidemiologic surveillance network that started with 51 sites in 2010 has been expanded to 357 sites as of December 2015. Disease outbreaks identified via the surveillance system, or other surveillance approaches, are investigated by epidemiologists trained by the Ministry of Health's Field Epidemiology Training Program. Other related surveillance modules have been developed on the same model and electronic platform, allowing the country to document the impact of interventions, track progress, and monitor health problems. Sustainability remains the greatest challenge since most of the funding for surveillance come from external sources.
Subjects:
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Disease Notification Disease Outbreaks Earthquakes Epidemiological Monitoring Health Priorities Humans International Cooperation Natural Disasters Public Health
Source:
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017; 97(4 Suppl):12-20.
Pubmed ID:
29064361
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5676630
Document Type:
Journal Article
Name as Subject:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) Less -
Place as Subject:
Haiti
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CDC Public Access
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53878/cdc_53878_DS1.pdf
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