Strategies to improve global influenza surveillance: a decision tool for policymakers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Global pandemic influenza preparedness relies heavily on public health surveillance, but it is unclear that current surveillance fully meets pandemic preparedness needs.

Methods

We first developed a conceptual framework to help systematically identify strategies to improve the detection of an early case or cluster of novel human influenza disease during the pre-pandemic period. We then developed a process model (flow diagram) depicting nine major pathways through which a case in the community could be detected and confirmed, and mapped the improvement strategies onto this model. Finally, we developed an interactive decision tool by building quantitative measures of probability and time into each step of the process model and programming it to calculate the net pro

SUBMITTER: Moore M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2430963 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature