Chikungunya outbreak in Al-Hudaydah, Yemen, 2011: Epidemiological characterization and key lessons learned for early detection and control

Non-Communicable disease has already been the main cause of death in many countries, as many as 57 million death in the world in 2008, 36 million (63 percent) is because of un-infectious disease, specifically heart illness, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory diseases. Prevention and controlling efforts of un-infectious diseases developing in Indonesia is non-communicable disease integrated development post (Pospindu PTM). This research used combination method approach with exploratory design. Exploratory design with sequential procedure used combination consecutively, the first is qualitative and the second is quantitative method. Public Health Center formed Posbindu PTM has not disseminate yet to all stakeholders. Posbindu PTM members felt benefit by following this activity. Some of them did not know follow the activity because of unknown about it. There was connection between coming behavior to Posbindu PTM to preventing behavior of non-communicable disease.Percentage for high blood pressure risk indicated 20-25 percent from all visitors. Formulation of its policy implementation started with stakeholder analysis; head of sub district, head of urban village, head of health department in regency/city, head of public health service, head of neighborhood Association, and the head of family welfare development. Analysis of perception, power and authority found that every stakeholder had authority to manage the member directly or indirectly. It was not implemented because of the lack knowledge of stakeholders about the Posbindu PTM function.They would play a role after knowing the aim and advantage of the post by motivate the people to do early detection, prevention and control the non-communicable disease. The members were given wide knowledge about early detection, preventing and control the un-infectious disease, measuring and checking up their healthy continuously so that keep feeling the advantage of coming to the post.

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A Project-Centric Curriculum Design

College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal (CTMS) ◽

10.19030/ctms.v2i2.5258 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 25

Author(s):

Dennis Drinka ◽

Minnie Yi-Miin Yen

Keyword(s):

Student Success ◽

Learning Community ◽

Curriculum Design ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Team Projects ◽

Individual Project ◽

The University ◽

And Control ◽

Small Team

Student success was the motivation for evolving an individual project-based course into a project-centric curriculum. A one semester project was first extended across a sequence of three interrelated courses tied together through their focus on the success of small team projects that spanned those courses. This sequence was then targeted as the core of a redesign of the entire program curriculum focused on project and student success. Currently, the department is in the process of introducing the measurement of project success as a tool for assessment and control of the departments learning objectives. An overview of the design of this curriculum, lessons learned from developing it, and benefits of this type of curriculum in quality of student learning, community engagement, and reputation of the university, will be discussed.

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Method for early detection of poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae (De Geer, 1778)

Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry ◽

10.2298/bah0704119p ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 23 (3-4) ◽

pp. 119-127 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

A. Pavlicevic ◽

I. Pavlovic ◽

N. Stajkovic

Keyword(s):

Early Detection ◽

Evaluation Method ◽

Diagnostic Methods ◽

Differential Diagnostics ◽

Dermanyssus Gallinae ◽

Poultry Production ◽

Poultry Red Mite ◽

Serbia And Montenegro ◽

Regular Control ◽

And Control

Dermanyssus gallinae (De Geer, 1778), poultry red mite or chicken mite, is haematophagous poultry ectoparasite. In poultry flocks small populations of chicken mite usually remain undetected. In order to supplement existing diagnostics we have investigated the method for its early detection. Investigation was carried out on 13 flocks, during two-year period, throughout Serbia and Montenegro. We have established that method for early detection of chicken mite can: improve the efficiency of existing diagnostic methods, that it is simple and reduces the period when parasites are hidden since it enables detection of small number of parasites before the population becomes visible. We recommend it to poultry farmers for regular control of the flock and control of the new flock, to veterinarians in poultry production as supplement to diagnostic methods: when suspecting the presence of Dermanyssosis in order to achieve early differential diagnostics, sampling of small number of chicken mite, monitoring the movement of the population and effect of the treatment, coming to conclusion regarding the effect of the disease control and as element of the forensic evaluation method. .

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Using evidence to inform response to the 2017 plague outbreak in Madagascar: a view from the WHO African Regional Office

Epidemiology and Infection ◽

10.1017/s0950268818001875 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 147 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

K. Heitzinger ◽

B. Impouma ◽

B. L. Farham ◽

E. L. Hamblion ◽

C. Lukoya ◽

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Keyword(s):

Lessons Learned ◽

Control Measures ◽

African Region ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Regional Office ◽

Effective Dissemination ◽

Prevention And Control Measures ◽

Dissemination Of Results ◽

And Control ◽

Country Office

Abstract The 2017 plague outbreak in Madagascar was unprecedented in the African region, resulting in 2417 cases (498 confirmed, 793 probable and 1126 suspected) and 209 deaths by the end of the acute urban pneumonic phase of the outbreak. The Health Emergencies Programme of the WHO Regional Office for Africa together with the WHO Country Office and WHO Headquarters assisted the Ministry of Public Health of Madagascar in the rapid implementation of plague prevention and control measures while collecting and analysing quantitative and qualitative data to inform immediate interventions. We document the key findings of the evidence available to date and actions taken as a result. Based on the four goals of operational research – effective dissemination of results, peer-reviewed publication, changes to policy and practice and improvements in programme performance and health – we evaluate the use of evidence to inform response to the outbreak and describe lessons learned for future outbreak responses in the WHO African region. This article may not be reprinted or reused in any way in order to promote any commercial products or services.

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Web and Mobile Phone Based Rabies Surveillance System for Humans and Animals in Kilosa District, Tanzania

Biometrics ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0983-7.ch023 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 559-572 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Maulilio J. Kipanyula ◽

Anna M. Geofrey ◽

Kadeghe G. Fue ◽

Malongo R.S. Mlozi ◽

Siza D. Tumbo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Early Detection ◽

Community Involvement ◽

Surveillance System ◽

Human Life ◽

Domestic Dogs ◽

New Developments ◽

Support Tool ◽

Sensor Web ◽

And Control ◽

Different Levels

Rabies has continued to claim human life despite different efforts to controls its transmission cycles between humans and domestic dogs. New developments in ICT have provided an opportunity for increased possibilities for community involvement in rabies surveillance. The main objective of this study was to investigate on approaches and practices to improve the communication of rabies surveillance information at different levels. Specifically, a study was carried to establish the significance of applying human sensor web system. Human sensor web has a potential of strengthening rabies surveillance system and serves as applied research tools for investigating strategic spatially targeted control activities, identifying areas most at risk and early detection of rabies incursions. Web and mobile based rabies surveillance system was developed and piloted as a support tool for the detection, surveillance and control of rabies. Wide application of the developed system will pave way for effective and efficient country-wide sharing of rabies surveillance information.

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Key lessons to maintain continuous improvement: A case study of four companies

Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management ◽

10.3926/jiem.2973 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 195 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Luis Paipa-Galeano ◽

César A. Bernal-Torres ◽

Luís Mauricio Agudelo Otálora ◽

Yavar Jarrah Nezhad ◽

Heither A. González-Blanco

Keyword(s):

Continuous Improvement ◽

Success Factors ◽

Evaluation Model ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Sustainable Improvement ◽

Systematic Improvement ◽

Multiple Case ◽

Business Competitiveness ◽

And Control

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the conditions under which continuous improvement practices are developed and to determine what success factors and barriers affect the sustainability of these practices in order to establish strategies that reduce the risk of failure of improvement proposals in companies.Design/methodology/approach: The paper presents a rigorous review of the success factors and barriers in the implementation of continuous improvement models in companies and a multiple case study in which four successful companies located in Bogota, Colombia, were compared using Bessant's maturity model.Findings: The results suggest the existence of systematic improvement processes in the four companies analysed in favour of the improvement of business competitiveness. After a convergence exercise between the success factors identified in the literature and the routines of the evaluation model used to identify the maturity of the companies in terms of improvement, five strategic fronts were identified to achieve sustainable improvement proposals:(1)have management commit to the improvement and guarantee resources, (2) define a methodology to implement, (3) facilitate and systematize the information on the interventions, (4) design training programs and incentives to encourage employee involvement, and (5) generate a verification and control system to provide real-time feedback on the progress of the improvement actions.Research limitations/implications: This research paper was limited by the analysis of four large Colombian companies, which did not allow the generalizability of findings. Therefore, the study offers interesting insights on the empirical evidence on the lessons learned from continuous improvement practices in order to support managers on better decision making and for the academics on better understanding continuous improvement drivers.Originality/value: The present investigation provides a conceptual framework for future studies related to the sustainability of continuous improvement in industry, approaching this topic from a theoretical and practical perspective.

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