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- Title
Public Health Surveillance for Communicable Diseases: From Rigid and Static to Flexible and Innovative.
- Authors
Heymann, David L.
- Abstract
An editorial is presented which addresses public health surveillance for communicable diseases in places such as the U.S., and it mentions the impact of innovation on surveillance methods as of 2017. Efforts to eradicate diseases such as smallpox, guinea worm, and polio are addressed, along with global positioning system technology, the colonial public health systems in Africa, health data sharing, and the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System laboratory-based surveillance network.
- Subjects
AFRICA; PUBLIC health surveillance; COMMUNICABLE diseases; MEDICAL innovations; PREVENTION of smallpox; GLOBAL Positioning System; GUINEA worm; POLIO prevention; PUBLIC health; DIFFUSION of innovations; MOBILE apps
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2017, Vol 107, Issue 6, p845
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2017.303795