Using tuberculosis surveillance data for informed programmatic decision-making
Author(s) -
Nobuyuki Nishikiori,
Fukushi Morishita
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
western pacific surveillance response journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2094-7313
pISSN - 2094-7321
DOI - 10.5365/wpsar.2013.4.1.007
Subject(s) - public health , data collection , tuberculosis , public health surveillance , environmental health , health information , public relations , medicine , political science , nursing , health care , sociology , pathology , social science , law
WPSAR Vol 4, No1, 2013 | doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2013.4.1.007 www.wpro.who.int/wpsar 1 a World Health Organization Regional Offi ce for the Western Pacifi c, Manila, Philippines doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2013.4.1.007 Public health surveillance, through the ongoing and systematic collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of health information, plays a critical role in informed decision-making and appropriate public health action.1 Different surveillance systems are required to meet disease-specific public health objectives, and some systems have been expanded through the collection of risk factor, behaviour and health practice information.
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