scholarly journals Mitigating infectious diseases in Mizoram - A lesson from COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 148-155
Author(s):  
S. Sangthang ◽  
Irene Lalhruaimawii ◽  
Radhakrishnan Rajesh
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Transmission Risk ◽  
Small States ◽  
Diagnostic Laboratory ◽  
Infectious Disease Surveillance ◽  
Disease Surveillance System ◽  
Etiological Agents ◽  
Infectious Disease Surveillance System

COVID-19 pandemic has created huge havoc in public health in India and across the world. One among the small states of India, Mizoram lies between Bangladesh and Myanmar compelling a transmission risk of various infectious diseases across the boundary. The responsibilities of the authority to establish a screening and diagnostic laboratory is crucial to identify the infectious etiological agents, control, prevent morbidity, mortality, and burden of the diseases. We aim to discuss the need for an infectious disease surveillance system, the importance and role of advanced diagnostic and research laboratory in Mizoram, learning from SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

scholarly journals Using National Health Insurance Claims Data to Supplement Notifiable Infectious Disease Surveillance System

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heeyoung Lee ◽  
Kwan Lee ◽  
Seon-ju Yi ◽  
Gichan Park ◽  
Hwami Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
National Health Insurance ◽  
National Health ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Claims Data ◽  
Infectious Disease Surveillance ◽  
Disease Surveillance System ◽  
Infectious Disease Surveillance System

This study will determine opportunity of using the National Health Insurance (NHI) claims data for supplemental notifiable infectious disease surveillance system at national or regional levels.

scholarly journals Infectious disease surveillance system descriptors: proposal for a comprehensive set

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (27) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Beauté ◽  
Bruno Christian Ciancio ◽  
Takis Panagiotopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Surveillance System ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Infectious Disease Surveillance ◽  
Disease Surveillance System ◽  
Minimum Requirements ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Surveillance Scheme ◽  
Infectious Disease Surveillance System

To tailor a surveillance system to its objectives and to evaluate its fitness for purpose, an accurate description of its structural elements is essential. Existing recommendations for setting up a system seldom offer a comprehensive list of all surveillance elements to be considered. Moreover, there is sometimes confusion in the way terms describing these elements are interpreted. The objective of this paper is to propose a comprehensive set of surveillance system descriptors that can delineate the important elements and clarify the meaning of the terms used. We identified 20 descriptors that we classified in five categories: (i) surveillance scheme; (ii) population and cases; (iii) supplementary data; (iv) information flow; and (v) period of time. We tried to make the definitions of these descriptors as clear and simple as possible to avoid confusion or misinterpretation of the terms used. The relative importance of each element may vary depending on the objectives of the surveillance scheme. Surveillance descriptors should be reviewed periodically to document changes and to assess if the system continues to be fit for purpose. Together with the minimum requirements for variables and the planned outputs for disseminating the data, the surveillance descriptors can be used to define surveillance standards.

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