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Mobile Phone–based Syndromic Surveillance System, Papua New Guinea

The health care system in Papua New Guinea is fragile, and surveillance systems infrequently meet international standards. To strengthen outbreak identification, health authorities piloted a mobile phone–based syndromic surveillance system and used established frameworks to evaluate whether the syst...

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Autores principales: Rosewell, Alexander, Ropa, Berry, Randall, Heather, Dagina, Rosheila, Hurim, Samuel, Bieb, Sibauk, Datta, Siddhartha, Ramamurthy, Sundar, Mola, Glen, Zwi, Anthony B., Ray, Pradeep, MacIntyre, C. Raina
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3837650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24188144
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1911.121843
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author Rosewell, Alexander
Ropa, Berry
Randall, Heather
Dagina, Rosheila
Hurim, Samuel
Bieb, Sibauk
Datta, Siddhartha
Ramamurthy, Sundar
Mola, Glen
Zwi, Anthony B.
Ray, Pradeep
MacIntyre, C. Raina
author_facet Rosewell, Alexander
Ropa, Berry
Randall, Heather
Dagina, Rosheila
Hurim, Samuel
Bieb, Sibauk
Datta, Siddhartha
Ramamurthy, Sundar
Mola, Glen
Zwi, Anthony B.
Ray, Pradeep
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description The health care system in Papua New Guinea is fragile, and surveillance systems infrequently meet international standards. To strengthen outbreak identification, health authorities piloted a mobile phone–based syndromic surveillance system and used established frameworks to evaluate whether the system was meeting objectives. Stakeholder experience was investigated by using standardized questionnaires and focus groups. Nine sites reported data that included 7 outbreaks and 92 cases of acute watery diarrhea. The new system was more timely (2.4 vs. 84 days), complete (70% vs. 40%), and sensitive (95% vs. 26%) than existing systems. The system was simple, stable, useful, and acceptable; however, feedback and subnational involvement were weak. A simple syndromic surveillance system implemented in a fragile state enabled more timely, complete, and sensitive data reporting for disease risk assessment. Feedback and provincial involvement require improvement. Use of mobile phone technology might improve the timeliness and efficiency of public health surveillance.
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spelling pubmed-38376502013-11-22 Mobile Phone–based Syndromic Surveillance System, Papua New Guinea Rosewell, Alexander Ropa, Berry Randall, Heather Dagina, Rosheila Hurim, Samuel Bieb, Sibauk Datta, Siddhartha Ramamurthy, Sundar Mola, Glen Zwi, Anthony B. Ray, Pradeep MacIntyre, C. Raina Emerg Infect Dis Research The health care system in Papua New Guinea is fragile, and surveillance systems infrequently meet international standards. To strengthen outbreak identification, health authorities piloted a mobile phone–based syndromic surveillance system and used established frameworks to evaluate whether the system was meeting objectives. Stakeholder experience was investigated by using standardized questionnaires and focus groups. Nine sites reported data that included 7 outbreaks and 92 cases of acute watery diarrhea. The new system was more timely (2.4 vs. 84 days), complete (70% vs. 40%), and sensitive (95% vs. 26%) than existing systems. The system was simple, stable, useful, and acceptable; however, feedback and subnational involvement were weak. A simple syndromic surveillance system implemented in a fragile state enabled more timely, complete, and sensitive data reporting for disease risk assessment. Feedback and provincial involvement require improvement. Use of mobile phone technology might improve the timeliness and efficiency of public health surveillance. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3837650/ /pubmed/24188144 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1911.121843 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Ramamurthy, Sundar
Mola, Glen
Zwi, Anthony B.
Ray, Pradeep
MacIntyre, C. Raina
Mobile Phone–based Syndromic Surveillance System, Papua New Guinea
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3837650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24188144
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1911.121843
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