Articles for Disease Surveillance

BBMP to set up Metropolitan Surveillance Unit to identify potential disease outbreaks
1 year, 3 months ago

BBMP to set up Metropolitan Surveillance Unit to identify potential disease outbreaks

The Hindu  

As part of the BBMP’s public health strategy, the civic body is working on setting up a Metropolitan Surveillance Unit on the premises of the Public Health Institute. The unit that will be fully funded by the Centre will help the civic body in putting in place a structured surveillance system and identify potential disease outbreaks, said K.V. Asserting the …

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World needs to invest, coordinate to prevent next pandemic, says Gilbert
1 year, 6 months ago

World needs to invest, coordinate to prevent next pandemic, says Gilbert

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Ramping up disease surveillance systems and vaccine manufacturing facilities, coupled with expanding global research on potential pathogen candidates, can help the world improve its preparedness for the next pandemic, according to a top global bio-sciences expert. According to Nikolaj Gilbert, president and chief executive officer of PATH, a global health organisation, the world needs to make significant investments to …

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Mosquito-borne diseases become climate reality in warming Pacific
1 year, 10 months ago

Mosquito-borne diseases become climate reality in warming Pacific

Al Jazeera  

Disease surveillance by the WHO shows mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever are rising sharply. To prevent this from happening, we need to invest in new strategies to control the mosquito and to treat or prevent infections in humans,” Burkot, who is leading an international partnership between Pacific Island countries and health and research institutions to find new …

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WHO intensifies surveillance in E Guinea after Marburg outbreak
1 year, 10 months ago

WHO intensifies surveillance in E Guinea after Marburg outbreak

Al Jazeera  

The country officially declared its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease on Monday. The World Health Organization has “intensified” surveillance after Equatorial Guinea confirmed an outbreak of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious and deadly disease similar to Ebola, which killed nine people in the African country. Thanks to the rapid and decisive action by the Equatorial Guinean authorities in …

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Govt to open NCDC in each state for effective outbreak surveillance
2 years, 3 months ago

Govt to open NCDC in each state for effective outbreak surveillance

Hindustan Times  

The Union government has decided to establish a branch of Delhi-based National Centre for Disease Control in each state for effective outbreak surveillance and improved response time, people familiar with the matter said. Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on September 7 laid the foundation stone for six new branches, which are going to be fully functional in next two-three years. …

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Kerala reports second case of monkeypox
2 years, 5 months ago

Kerala reports second case of monkeypox

The Hindu  

A second case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Kerala in a 31-year-old man who reached Kannur from Dubai, via Mangalore, on July 13. State Health Minister Veena George confirmed on Monday that one person had been isolated for treatment at the Pariyaram Medical College Hospital, Kannur, as he seemed to have typical symptoms of monkeypox and that the samples …

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A disease surveillance system, for the future
3 years, 3 months ago

A disease surveillance system, for the future

The Hindu  

A defining moment in the history of epidemiology was the removal of the handle of a water pump. The focus under the IDSP was to increase government funding for disease surveillance, strengthen laboratory capacity, train the health workforce and have at least one trained epidemiologist in every district of India. The disease surveillance system and health data recording and reporting …

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A holistic approach to health is welcome, but much more needs to be done
3 years, 10 months ago

A holistic approach to health is welcome, but much more needs to be done

Live Mint  

If you need objects to look bigger, use a magnifying lens. The financial allocation for the upcoming fiscal year involving core health sector, including health and family welfare, health research and AYUSH, has been pegged at ₹76,902 crore against the previous year’s allocation of ₹69,233 crore, a modest rise of 11%. The budget allocation for communicable disease surveillance and strengthening …

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