Singapore’s Experience with Digital Technology in COVID-19 Epidemiological Investigations and Outbreak Management (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Arjun Sayampanathan ◽  
Abigail W L Wong ◽  
Hwee Pin Phua ◽  
Junxiong Pang ◽  
Yee Leong Teoh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Information Integration ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Outbreak Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital Infrastructure ◽  
Public Health Management

UNSTRUCTURED Singapore invested heavily in its digital infrastructure to strengthen the public health management of COVID-19. These included the adoption of contact tracing technology and information integration platforms. This article describes the various technology utilised specifically for epidemiological investigations and outbreak management during the COVID-19 pandemic, together with their limitations and ethical considerations.

scholarly journals COVID-19: public health management of the first two confirmed cases identified in the UK

2020 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Holden ◽  
A. Quinney ◽  
S. Padfield ◽  
W. Morton ◽  
S. Coles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Fast Moving ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
The Public ◽  
First Case ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Public Health Management

Abstract We report key learning from the public health management of the first two confirmed cases of COVID-19 identified in the UK. The first case imported, and the second associated with probable person-to-person transmission within the UK. Contact tracing was complex and fast-moving. Potential exposures for both cases were reviewed, and 52 contacts were identified. No further confirmed COVID-19 cases have been linked epidemiologically to these two cases. As steps are made to enhance contact tracing across the UK, the lessons learned from earlier contact tracing during the country's containment phase are particularly important and timely.

A review of the public health management of shigellosis in Australia in the era of culture-independent diagnostic testing

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 588-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Y.C. Tai ◽  
Marion Easton ◽  
Jess Encena ◽  
Jessica Rotty ◽  
Mary Valcanis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Diagnostic Testing ◽  
The Public ◽  
Culture Independent ◽  
Public Health Management

Guidelines for the public health management of typhoid and paratyphoid in England

2012 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Balasegaram ◽  
A.L. Potter ◽  
D. Grynszpan ◽  
S. Barlow ◽  
R.H. Behrens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Health Management

scholarly journals Informing the public health management of typhoid and paratyphoid: the Australian context

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 577-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan K. Young ◽  
Vicki Slinko ◽  
James Smith ◽  
Heidi Carroll ◽  
Sonya Bennett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Australian Context ◽  
Public Health Management

The impact of new national guidance for the public health management of enteric fever in England

Public Health ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 154 ◽  
pp. 79-86
Author(s):  
K. Russell ◽  
S. Addiman ◽  
D. Grynszpan ◽  
J. Freedman ◽  
J. Lopez Bernal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Enteric Fever ◽  
Health Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
National Guidance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Public Health Management

scholarly journals Molecular diagnostics and the public health management of legionellosis

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (apr19 1) ◽  
pp. bcr2013008713-bcr2013008713
Author(s):  
T. A. Yates ◽  
J. P. Bruin ◽  
T. G. Harrison ◽  
T. Mannes
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Molecular Diagnostics ◽  
Health Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Health Management

Tuberculosis

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Musarrat Afza ◽  
Marko Petrovic ◽  
Sam Ghebrehewet
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mycobacterium Bovis ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Case Definitions ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel

This chapter covers two case studies and scenarios: a case of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in a college student; and a case of laboratory-confirmed Mycobacterium bovis in an adult with inflammatory bowel disease. The pulmonary TB case resulted in a wider investigation and contact tracing as the case attended college while symptomatic. The Mycobacterium bovis resulted in wider workplace and hospital contact tracing through convening an Incident Control Team. Background information on the epidemiology and clinical features of TB and the public health response to TB in educational, healthcare, and occupational settings are discussed. Case definitions, and a detailed risk assessment, with clear description of close contacts, priority groups, and the required public health actions, are described. ‘Top tips’ are given, to provide practical tips for the reader to think through the public health management of TB, and ‘tools of the trade’ list the laboratory and epidemiological components of the investigation.

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