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SURVEILLANCE
Dr.@miT
Premises of Reinventing
Government
• What gets measured gets done.
• If you don't measure results, you can't tell success
from failure.
• If you can't see success, you can't reward it.
• If you can't reward success, you're probably
rewarding failure.
• If you can't see success, you can't learn from it.
• If you can't recognize failure, you can't correct it.
• If you can demonstrate success, you can win public
support.
SCHEME OF PRESENTATION
• DEFINITION
• TYPES
• ELEMENTS
• USES
• STEPS IN PLG
• ATTRIBUTES
• EVALUATION
Surveillance
“Surveillance, when applied to a disease, means the
continued watchfulness over the distribution, and trends
of the incidence, through the systematic collection,
consolidation and evaluation of morbidity, mortality and
other health relevant data, as well as regular
dissemination of interpretations to all who have
contributed and to all those who are in a position to take
action”.
“information for action”.
(Suggested by Alexander Langmuir and adopted by WHO in 1968)
Surveillance Vs Monitoring
Surveillance
Is the ongoing systematic
collection, collation, analysis and
interpretation of data; and the
dissemination of information to
those who need to know in order
that action may be taken
• Concerns mostly general
populations
• Req professional Analysis &
judgement
Monitoring
Refers to ongoing measurements
of health services or a health
programme with a view to
‘evaluate’ the particular
programme / service or
intervention, with constant
adjustment of performance in
relation to the results.
• Applies to specific target gps
(e.g. Vaccinated infants)
• Can be carried out by technicians
& Instrumentation
• A part of surveillance
HISTORY
• Late 1600s: von Leibnitz – mortality report analysis
• 1680s- John Graunt: ‘Natural and Political Observations
made Upon Bills of Mortality’ – defines disease specific
death counts and rates
• 1700s: Vital Stats used in Europe
• 1741--Rhode Island--Tavern keepers reporting contagious
diseases
• 1840-1850: Chadwik – demonstrates relationship between
poverty, env conditions and diseases
• Late 1800s: Notifiable disease concept
• 1850--Lemuel Shattuck--Report of the Massachusetts
Sanitary Commission.
HISTORY
• 1925: All US states - national morbidity reporting
• 1935: First national health Survey – US
• 1943: cancer registry – Denmark
• 1940s: Case definition concept implemented
• 1955: Active surv for polio
• 1963: Langmuir – modern concept of Surv in Pub Hlth
• 1960s: Network of ‘Sentinel’ GPs in UK; Surv used
for Small Pox eradication
• 1980s: IT in Surv – Decentralization, Dissemination
• 1990: Internet – transit & report; Inc concern reg
Privacy, confidentiality
• 2001: Syndromic Surveillance - Anthrax
PURPOSE
• Three generic purposes
– Identify public health problems
– May stimulate public health intervention
– May suggest hypotheses for research
Types of Surveillance
• Passive surveillance – a system in which data
generated without solicitation, intervention or
contact by the health agency carrying out the
surveillance. Other agencies initiate reporting.
• Active surveillance – the organization
conducting surveillance initiates procedures to
obtain reports
Types of Surveillance contd.
• Enhanced passive surveillance – active follow
up of cases to pursue other possible
causes/cases
– e.g. contact tracing in STD
• Sentinel Surveillance - Surveillance system in
which reports are obtained from certain facilities
or populations
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Syndromic Surveillance
• Syndromic surveillance systems face inherent
trade- offs (among sensitivity, and the number
of false positives) timeliness, that limit their
effectiveness
• The benefits of any Syndromic surveillance
system will depend on how effectively it is
integrated into the public health system
• Syndromic surveillance is useful: (suspected
outbreaks and during outbreaks; depends on case definitions)
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Surveillance of Disease vs. Persons
• Surveillance of Disease:
“ The continuing scrutiny of all aspects of
occurrence and spread of disease that are
pertinent to its effective control”
• Surveillance of Persons:
“ The continuing scrutiny of disease contacts,
high risk groups in order to promote prompt
recognition of infection or illness”
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Surveillance various levels
• Individual Surveillance
• Local population Surveillance
• National Population Surveillance
• International Surveillance
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• Immidiate
• Epidemics
• Newly emerging health problems
• Changes in health practices
• Changes in antibiotic resistance
• Annual
• Estimating magnitude of health problems
• Assessing control activities
• setting research priorities
• Testing hypothesis
• Facilitate plg
• Archival
• Describing natural history of a disease
• Facilitate epidemiolgic research
• Validating use of preliminary data
• Documenting dist of spread
SURVEILLANCE ACCORDING TO
TIMELINESS
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• Natural and man-made disasters
(emergencies)
• During Special events of mass gatherings
– Pilgrims to Makkah
– Olympics
• Laboratory-based surveillance:
– Emerging pathogens
– Antimicrobial resistance
• Infection control
• Behavioural risk factors
• Others
Special Surveillance Programs
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Exposed
Clinical specimen
Disease
+ve specimen
Infected
Seek medical attention
Reported
Laboratory-based
surveillance
Syndromic
Surveillance
Serological surveys
We see only
reported
cases
Simplified Diagram of Surveillance for a Health Problem
Information Loops
• A surveillance system is an information loop or
cycle that involves:
– healthcare providers
– public health agencies
– the public
# 1-4-5
Flow of
Surveillance Data
Collection
Analysis and
Interpretation
Dissemination, Utilisation
Collation
# 1-4-6
•Surveillance is systematic ongoing
collection, collation, and analysis of data, and
the timely dissemination of information to
those who need to know so that action can
be taken
•A survey is a one data collection episode
•Registries are not for immediate action
•Health Management Information Systems
(HMIS) for annual reports
Surveillance, surveys, registries and HMIS:
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• Registers are archival health information
• Surveillance is dynamic as compared with
surveys: Interplay between epidemiologic
studies and control activities
• Surveillance is not mere:
– Reporting
– Monitoring
– Data collection
Note the Differences:
ELEMENTS OF SURVEILLANCE
• Cycle of Surveillance
• Confidentiality
• Incentives to Participation
• Surveillance Ethics
• legitimate desire to protect privacy
• Stigma
Avian Flu, EU
$500m
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
$50bn
$40bn
$30bn
$20bn
$10bn
Estimated
costs
BSE, UK
$10-13bn Foot&Mouth Disease
Taiwan, $5-8bn
1992 1993 1994 1995
Foot-and-Mouth Disease
UK
$30bn
Avian Flu
Asia, US, Canada
$10bn
2004
BSE, US
$3.5bn
BSE, Canada
$1.5bn
Lyme disease
US, $2.5bn
SARS
China, Hong Kong,
Singapore, Canada,…
$50bn+
Nipah, Malaysia
$350-400m
Swine Flu,
Netherlands
$2.3bn
BSE,
Japan
1.5bn
Economic Impact of
Recent Epidemics
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• “ Ultimately a single
element, a single addition to
the strategy of the
[eradication] program was
responsible [for its success]
.. that change was the
incorpotation of the principle
of surveillance”
D. A. Henendersen
Smallpox Eradication
Rationale for Disease Surveillance
The disease is of public health importance
• Caution!
– Is it worth the effort (money, human
resources)?
– Are relevant data easily available?
– Can action be taken?
Objectives of surveillance
DESCRIPTIVE EPID OF HEALTH PROBLEMS
• Monitoring trends (Time):
Measles in US
• Person Distribution:
Groups at highest risk of disease
Insight into etiologies, modes of spread
Guide Prev activities before etiology known
e.g. Surv AIDS – sexual, drug and medical
history
Objectives of surveillance
DESCRIPTIVE EPID OF HEALTH PROBLEMS
• Epidemic / outbreak detection and prediction:
Syndromic surveillance – bioterrorism related
epidemics
non specific syndromes (resp, GI..),
other measures (purchase of drugs,
absenteeism..)
• Place Distribution: Maps
Objectives of surveillance
DESCRIPTIVE EPID OF HEALTH PROBLEMS
• Estimate magnitude of health problem
• Changes in health practices
– e.g. Caesarian deliveries
• Distribution and spread in time & Place
• Natural history
Objectives of surveillance
LINKS TO SERVICES
Integral part of delivery of prev & therapeutic
services
Receipt of a case report triggers specific response
e.g. TB case – to cure, minimize transmission,
prevent resistance, contact identification
LINKS TO RESEARCH
Insufficient details for probing in-depth hypothesis,
Hypothesis generating
e.g. studies assoc TSS with tampon
Objectives of surveillance
EVALUATION OF INTERVENTIONS
Trends, Rates
Monitor programme performance e.g. TSS cases
fell after removal of tampon from market.
PLANNING & PROJECTIONS
Planners need future demands for health services
Epidemiological models
Applying current disease rates to future
population projectons
Objectives of surveillance
EDUCATION & POLICY
Alert physicians to community health problems
Inform policy makers about
prevention or care resources requirement
Uses of Public Health Surveillance
• Estimate magnitude of the problem
• Portray the natural history of a disease
• Determine distribution and spread of illness
• Detect outbreaks
• Generate hypotheses, stimulate research
• Evaluate control and prevention measures
• Monitor changes in infectious agents
• Detect changes in health practices
• Facilitate planning
Uses of Public Health Surveillance
• Estimate magnitude of the problem
• Portray the natural history of a disease
• Determine distribution and spread of illness
• Detect outbreaks
• Generate hypotheses, stimulate research
• Evaluate control measures
• Monitor changes in infectious agents
• Detect changes in health practices
• Facilitate planning
Shigellosis
1968-1998
0
5
10
15
Year
1968 1973
197
8 1983 1988 1993 1998
Reported
cases
per
100,000
population
Source: CDC. Summary of notifiable diseases. 1998.
Uses of Public Health Surveillance
• Estimate magnitude of the problem
• Portray the natural history of a disease
• Determine distribution and spread of illness
• Detect outbreaks
• Generate hypotheses, stimulate research
• Evaluate control measures
• Monitor changes in infectious agents
• Detect changes in health practices
• Facilitate planning
TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME (TSS)
United States, 1983-1998
*Includes cases meeting the CDC definition for confirmed and probable cases for staphylococcal TSS.
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) data*
National Electronic Telecommunications System for
Surveillance (NETSS) data
0
2
0
4
0
6
0
8
0
10
0
12
0
14
0
16
0
Year (Quarter)
Reported
cases
Evolution of an Epidemic
Estimated AIDS incidence* through 2000, United States
*Estimated from data reported to CDC through June 2001, adjusted for reporting delays.
0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
80000
90000 1
9
8
2
1
9
8
4
1
9
8
6
1
9
8
8
1
9
9
0
1
9
9
2
1
9
9
4
1
9
9
6
1
9
9
8
2
0
0
0
Year of Diagnostics
Number
of
Cases
Serologic assay for HIV
antibody available
HIV identified
AIDS case definition
expanded
AZT shown to reduce risk
of perinatal transmission
Protease inhibitors
licensed for use in US
100,000 AIDS cases reported
to CDC as of July 1989.
500,000 AIDS cases
reported to CDC as
of October 1995
An estimated 798,500
AIDS cases diagnosed
through 2000
Use of HAART becomes
widespread.
AZT monotherapy
becomes available
AIDS case definition modified
First AIDS case definition published
Uses of Public Health Surveillance
• Estimate magnitude of the problem
• Portray the natural history of a disease
• Determine distribution and spread of illness
• Detect outbreaks
• Generate hypotheses, stimulate research
• Evaluate control measures
• Monitor changes in infectious agents
• Detect changes in health practices
• Facilitate planning
Rate of Hepatitis A
United States, 1998
< 5.0 5.0–9.9 10.0–19.9 >20.0
NA
NA
NA
NYC
DC
PR
VI
GUAM
AM SAMOA
CNMI
Source: CDC. Summary of notifiable diseases. 1998.
Uses of Public Health Surveillance
• Estimate magnitude of the problem
• Portray the natural history of a disease
• Determine distribution and spread of illness
• Detect outbreaks
• Generate hypotheses, stimulate research
• Evaluate control measures
• Monitor changes in infectious agents
• Detect changes in health practices
• Facilitate planning
Botulism (Foodborne)
United States, 1978-1998
*Data from survey of state epidemiologists and directors of state public health laboratories.
Not yet available for 1998.
Outbreak caused by
potato salad, NM Outbreak caused by
sautéed onions, IL
Outbreak caused by
fermented fish/sea
products, AK
Outbreak caused by
baked potatoes, TX
Laboratory-confirmed
cases*
NETSS data
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
Year
1978 1983 1988 1993 1998
Reported
cases
Source: CDC. Summary of notifiable diseases. 1998.
Uses of Public Health Surveillance
• Estimate magnitude of the problem
• Portray the natural history of a disease
• Determine distribution and spread of illness
• Detect outbreaks
• Generate hypotheses, stimulate research
• Evaluate control measures
• Monitor changes in infectious agents
• Detect changes in health practices
• Facilitate planning
Year
Reported
cases
(thousands)
Vaccine licensed
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998
MEASLES — by year, United States, 1983–
1998
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Year
1983 1988 1993 1998
Reported
Cases
(Thousands)
Source: CDC. Summary of notifiable diseases. 1998.
MEASLES (Rubeola)
United States, 1963-1998
Uses of Public Health Surveillance
• Estimate magnitude of the problem
• Portray the natural history of a disease
• Determine distribution and spread of illness
• Detect outbreaks
• Generate hypotheses, stimulate research
• Evaluate control measures
• Monitor changes in infectious agents
• Detect changes in health practices
• Facilitate planning
Poliomyelitis (Paralytic)
NOTE: Inactivated vaccine was licensed in 1955. Oral vaccine was licensed in 1961.
Year
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998
Reported
cases
Source: CDC. Summary of notifiable diseases. 1998.
Rate/100,000
Population
Year
Inactivated
Vaccine
Oral
Vaccine
0.001
0.01
0.1
1
10
100
1000
1951 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996
United States, 1968-1998
Uses of Public Health Surveillance
• Estimate magnitude of the problem
• Portray the natural history of a disease
• Determine distribution and spread of illness
• Detect outbreaks
• Generate hypotheses, stimulate research
• Evaluate control measures
• Monitor changes in infectious agents
• Detect changes in health practices
• Facilitate planning
Trends in Plasmid-Mediated Resistance to
Penicillin and Tetracycline
United States, 1988-1997
Source:
Gonococcal Isolate
Surveillance Project
(GISP)
Percent
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
PPNG
TRNG
PPNG & TRNG
Note: "PPNG" (penicillinase-producing ) and "TRNG" (tetracycline-resistant) N. gonorrhoeae refer to plasmid-
mediated resistance to penicillin and tetracycline, respectively.
Year
Uses of Public Health Surveillance
• Estimate magnitude of the problem
• Portray the natural history of a disease
• Determine distribution and spread of illness
• Detect outbreaks
• Generate hypotheses, stimulate research
• Evaluate control measures
• Monitor changes in infectious agents
• Detect changes in health practices
• Facilitate planning
Breast Cancer Screening
Uses of Public Health Surveillance
• Estimate magnitude of the problem
• Portray the natural history of a disease
• Determine distribution and spread of illness
• Detect outbreaks
• Generate hypotheses, stimulate research
• Evaluate control measures
• Monitor changes in infectious agents
• Detect changes in health practices
• Facilitate planning
Foreign-born
Year
U.S.-born
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
0
4,000
8,000
12,000
16,000
20,000
Reported
cases
Tuberculosis
United States, 1986-1998
(U.S.- and foreign-born persons)
Uses of Public Health Surveillance
• Estimate magnitude of the problem
• Portray the natural history of a disease
• Determine distribution and spread of illness
• Detect outbreaks
• Generate hypotheses, stimulate research
• Evaluate control and prevention measures
• Monitor changes in infectious agents
• Detect changes in health practices
• Facilitate planning
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Early Warning (EWARN):
An important Component of Surveillance Systems
• Rumour verification
• EWARNs
 Detect clusters in time, place or persons
 Change in trend
• Programme monitoring
 Programme indicators
• Surveillance system monitoring
 Operation indicators
 Support indicators
 Output indicators
Requiring
immediate
investigation
Requiring
programme
adjustment
Requiring
system
improvement
Requiring
verification
Early Warning Signals
Clustering of cases or deaths in time & /or space
Unusual increase in cases/ deaths
• Ac. hemorrhagic fever
• Ac. fever with altered sensorium/ renal
involvement/ painful lymph node/ unknown
aetiology
• Severe dehydration following diarrhoea in
patients
> 5 year of age
• Ac. flaccid paralysis in a child
Early Warning Signals - II
2 or more linked cases
• Even a single case of epidemic prone
diseases in tribal/poorly accessible area
• Unusual isolate in laboratory
• Shift in age distribution of a disease
• High vector density in local area
• Natural disasters
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Surveillance for Outbreak Detection
• Convergence of technology, volumes of
electronic data, and new priority for early
detection
• Increase timeliness and completeness of
routine data
• Capture nontraditional data that signify a
condition before a diagnosis is made
• Analytic methods to detect smaller signals
Surveillance for Outbreak Detection:
Experience
• Laboratory specificity to detect clusters
• Sentinel systems with resources to monitor
and investigate
• Syndrome surveillance where outbreaks are
substantial and predictable
• Case reports trigger outbreak investigation
Surveillance for Outbreak Detection:
Exploration
• Enhanced reporting from clinical sites (ED,
EMS, 911, offices)
• Health care transaction warehouses
(pharmacy, patient encounters, lab orders)
• Novel data sources (retail sales, veterinary
encounters, environmental indicators,
absenteeism)
• Signal detection methods
Surveillance for Outbreak Detection:
Reality
• Human “technology” is key
– Single case detection depends on clinical
acumen and reporting relationships
– Epidemiologic judgment in evaluating
volumes of data
– Follow-up of system signals
• Tolerance for false alarms will vary
Surveillance functions
Core function
• Reporting
• Detection
• Investigation & confirmation
• Analysis & interpretation
• Action / response
Support function
• Training
• Supervision
• Resources
• Standards / guidelines
Steps in planning a
surveillance system
Decide if justifiable
Establish objectives
Specify organization and structure
Develop case definition
Specify the details of collection of information
Organization and procedures of data analysis
Making scientific interpretations
Ensure proper feedback
Evaluation
Assure use of analysis and interpretation
• Frequency of occurrence
• Severity of condition
– sequel, disabilities
• Cost of surveillance
• Preventability of condition
• Communicability of condition
– potential for an outbreak
• Public interest
– public perception and concern
• International requirements.
Determine Priority/Importance
Steps in planning
Ability to prevent, control, or treat the health problem
• preventability and
• control measures and treatment.
Capacity of health system to implement control
measures for the health problem —
• speed of response,
• economics,
• availability of resources, and
• what surveillance of this event requires.
Determine Priority/Importance
contd..
Steps in planning
Case definition
• Clinical versus laboratory
– Balance competing needs of
• Sensitivity
• Specificity and
• feasibility
• Level of case definition (suspected, probable, confirmed)
Example Influenza:
– Suspected: A person with sudden onset of fever > 39C, respiratory symptoms,
myalgias, headaches
– Probable: A suspected case , epidemiologically linked to laboratory-confirmed
case
– Confirmed: A suspected case with virus isolation or direct antigen detection
Steps in planning
Collection of information
Data source
• Disease notifications and Notifiable diseases
• vital statistics
• Vital record linkages
• Health reports
• Hospital records/ health centers
• Laboratory
• Disease registries
• Health surveys
• Studies on animals & vectors
Steps in planning
Collection of information
Data source contd
• Member of the public, media
• Socio-demographic & environmental data
• Co-operating Physicians
• Absenteeism from workplace & School
• Administrative actions
• Financial transactions
– Sales of goods & services
– Taxation
• Legal actions
• Law and regulations
Steps in planning
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Collection of information
• Method of data collection
–Active Surveillance:
–Passive Surveillance:
–Sentinel surveillance
–Volunteer providers
–Special surveillance team
Steps in planning
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Collection of information
• Forms used – simple & brief
• What time/ place of diagnosis entered
• Frequency of reporting
– Daily ( cholera, food poisoning)
–Weekly ( Malaria)
–Monthly ( HIV)
• Method of transmission of reports
• Central collection of data
Steps in planning
TYPES OF NOTIFICATIONS
1. Disease or hazard-specific notifications
a. Communicable diseases
i. World Health Organization: International health regulations require
reporting of Smallpox, Poliomyelitis ,Human influenza, SARS etc.
ii. National: United States and Canada specify diseases that require
notification by all states and provinces, respectively
iii. Provincial, state, or subnational: for example, coccidiomycosis in
California
b. Chemical and physical hazards in the environment
i. Childhood lead poisoning
ii. Occupational hazards
iii. Firearm-related injury
iv. Consumer product-related injury
Adapted from: Koo D, Wingo P, Rothwell C. Health Statistics from Notifications, Registration Systems, and Registries.
TYPES OF NOTIFICATIONS contd.
2. Notifications related to treatment administration
a. Adverse effect of drugs or medical products
b. Adverse effect from vaccines
3. Notifications related to persons at risk
a. Elevated blood lead among adults
b. Elevated blood lead among children
Adapted from: Koo D, Wingo P, Rothwell C. Health Statistics from Notifications, Registration
Systems, and Registries. In: Friedman D, Parrish RG, Hunter E (editors). Health Statistics:
Shaping Policy and Practice to Improve the Population’s Health. New York: Oxford University
Press; 2005, p. 82.
TYPESOF REGISTRIES
1. Vital event registration
a. Birth registration
b. Marriage and divorce registration
c. Death registration
2. Registries used in preventive medicine
a. Immunization registries
b. Registries of persons at risk for selected conditions
c. Registries of persons positive for genetic conditions
3. Disease-specific registries
a. Blind registries
b. Birth defects registries
c. Cancer registries
d. Psychiatric case registries
e. Ischemic heart disease registries
Adapted from: Koo D, Wingo P, Rothwell C. Health Statistics from Notifications, Registration Systems, and Registries.
In: Friedman D, Parrish RG, Hunter E (editors). Health Statistics: Shaping Policy and Practice to Improve the
Population’s Health. New York: Oxford University Press; 2005, p. 91
TYPESOF REGISTRIES contd.
4. Treatment registries
a. Radiotherapy registries
b. Follow-up registries for detection of iatrogenic thyroid disease
5. After-treatment registries
a. Handicapped children
b. Disabled persons
6. Registries of persons at risk or exposed
a. Children at high risk for developing a health problem
b. Occupational hazards registries
c. Medical hazards registries
d. Older persons or chronically ill registries
e. Atomic bomb survivors (Japan)
f. World Trade Center survivors (New York City)
7. Skills and resources registries
8. Prospective research studies
REPORTS
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• Weekly? Appropriate most times
• Monthly? Less sensitive
• Quarterly? At national level
• Daily?
– Daily reporting could be cumbersome
– Daily reporting may be required during emergencies,
disasters
• Avoid inconsistencies in case definitions
• Reporting suspected vs. confirmed cases
Frequency of Reporting Diseases
Analysis, Interpretation & Presentation of
Surveillance data
• Attribution of Time
• Attribution of Place; use of GIS
• Attribution of persons
• Detection of change in trends
• Assessing Completeness of surveillance
Capture-Recapture
Steps in planning
Analysis, Interpretation & Presentation of
Surveillance data
Inferential statistics :
Analytic procedures usually are based on
comparing the current incidence against the
“Upper and Lower Control Limits”
Steps in planning
Analysis, Interpretation & Presentation of
Surveillance data
• Smoothing
• Protection of confidentiality
Presentation
• Wide range of Users
• Mode of presentation – intended audience
Steps in planning
Common causes of artifactual changes
• Changes in local reporting procedures or policies
(e.g., a change from passive to active surveillance).
• Changes in case definition
(e.g., AIDS in 1993).
• Increased health-seeking behavior
(e.g., media publicity prompts persons with symptoms
to seek medical care).
• Increase in diagnosis.
• New laboratory test or diagnostic procedure.
Common causes of artifactual changes
contd.
• Increased physician awareness of the condition,
or a new physician is in town.
• Increase in reporting
(i.e., improved awareness of requirement to report).
• Outbreak of similar disease, misdiagnosed as
disease of interest.
• Laboratory error.
• Batch reporting in which reports from previous
periods are held and reported all at once during
another reporting period
(e.g. reporting all cases received during December and
the 1st week of January during the second week of
Dissemination mechanism
Directly to all who need to know
• Press release to the public
• Reports, bulletins
• Others
Steps in planning
Assure use of analysis and
interpretation
Control measures
– rapid response
– case management
– prevention programme (immunisation)
Planning/ policy making
– epidemic preparedness
– policy modification
– prediction and future planning
Feedback to the system
Steps in planning
Periodically evaluate/review the
surveillance system
For
• Completeness
• Accuracy
• Process and
• Adequacy
To See
Whether the case definitions need a change?
Problems in the timely and accurate reporting and how
can it be improved?
Defects and reorient the methodology.
Steps in planning
Public Health Surveillance
System Attributes
• Simplicity
• Flexibility
• Data Quality
• Acceptability
• Sensitivity
• Predictive Value
Positive
• Representativeness
• Timeliness
• Stability
Check List for Assessing an
Established Surveillance
System
1. Broad goals & objectives
2. Adequate Staffing
Adequate training
3. The diseases under surveillance
Sensitivity & specificity of the diagnostic criteria and
case – definitions
Are facilities for diagnosing available?
Check List for Assessing an
Established Surveillance
System
4. The sources of information
Are the persons proficient in recording the
case definitions?
Feasibility of forms used by the peripheral workers
5. Timely reporting
6. How much is the under - or over - reporting?
7. Maintenance of manual and automated files
Check List for Assessing an
Established Surveillance
System
8. The time lag between receipt of reports and
generation of analysed feedback reports.
9. Are the reports generated simple and presentable ?
Are they forwarded to all concerned
10. Has the information been actually used
11. Is the surveillance system periodically evaluated
The International Health Regulations (IHR):
A global framework
• Legally-binding global agreement to protect public health
• The international commitment for shared responsibilities
and collective defence against disease spread
• Collective effort based on agreed rules
Smallpox,
1950s
International public health security is the
goal
Ensuring maximum public health
security
while minimizing interference with
international transport and trade
Come into force on 15 June 2007*
Legally binding for WHO and the world’s countries that have
agreed to play by the same rules to secure international health.
Legally binding upon 194 States Parties around the world
(including all WHO Member States)
From control of borders to (also) containment at source
From diseases list to all threats
From preset measures to adapted and real time response
IHR(2005): a paradigm shift
Strategic framework
• Communication and exchange of
information
• Coordination
• Joint cross-boarder surveillance and
outbreak investigation
• Resources sharing and mobilization
• Standardization and sharing surveillance
tools
• Laboratory network
• Preparedness and response to outbreaks
• Capacity building
• Social mobilization
• Monitoring and evaluation
99
• Vary from one country to another
– Differences within countries
– Changes over time
• Adding one single disease to the list could
cost a lot: Money, time, avoidable
confusion
• Variables collected should be indicators of
potential or arising problems rather than
identifying risk factors
• Report only confirmed cases?
Reportable Diseases
Past Approaches
• Duplication of efforts and resources
Delays in reporting and identification of
outbreaks
Lack of dissemination and feedback to the
local level
Lack of integration of training and
surveillance activities
# 1-4-13
Common Problems with Past
Surveillance Systems, Cont.
Limited evaluation of programmes
Inadequate involvement of laboratories
Incomplete reporting and lack of supervisory
support
# 1-4-14
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Surveillance system type, steps in planning a system.ppt

  • 2. Premises of Reinventing Government • What gets measured gets done. • If you don't measure results, you can't tell success from failure. • If you can't see success, you can't reward it. • If you can't reward success, you're probably rewarding failure. • If you can't see success, you can't learn from it. • If you can't recognize failure, you can't correct it. • If you can demonstrate success, you can win public support.
  • 3. SCHEME OF PRESENTATION • DEFINITION • TYPES • ELEMENTS • USES • STEPS IN PLG • ATTRIBUTES • EVALUATION
  • 4. Surveillance “Surveillance, when applied to a disease, means the continued watchfulness over the distribution, and trends of the incidence, through the systematic collection, consolidation and evaluation of morbidity, mortality and other health relevant data, as well as regular dissemination of interpretations to all who have contributed and to all those who are in a position to take action”. “information for action”. (Suggested by Alexander Langmuir and adopted by WHO in 1968)
  • 5. Surveillance Vs Monitoring Surveillance Is the ongoing systematic collection, collation, analysis and interpretation of data; and the dissemination of information to those who need to know in order that action may be taken • Concerns mostly general populations • Req professional Analysis & judgement Monitoring Refers to ongoing measurements of health services or a health programme with a view to ‘evaluate’ the particular programme / service or intervention, with constant adjustment of performance in relation to the results. • Applies to specific target gps (e.g. Vaccinated infants) • Can be carried out by technicians & Instrumentation • A part of surveillance
  • 6. HISTORY • Late 1600s: von Leibnitz – mortality report analysis • 1680s- John Graunt: ‘Natural and Political Observations made Upon Bills of Mortality’ – defines disease specific death counts and rates • 1700s: Vital Stats used in Europe • 1741--Rhode Island--Tavern keepers reporting contagious diseases • 1840-1850: Chadwik – demonstrates relationship between poverty, env conditions and diseases • Late 1800s: Notifiable disease concept • 1850--Lemuel Shattuck--Report of the Massachusetts Sanitary Commission.
  • 7. HISTORY • 1925: All US states - national morbidity reporting • 1935: First national health Survey – US • 1943: cancer registry – Denmark • 1940s: Case definition concept implemented • 1955: Active surv for polio • 1963: Langmuir – modern concept of Surv in Pub Hlth • 1960s: Network of ‘Sentinel’ GPs in UK; Surv used for Small Pox eradication • 1980s: IT in Surv – Decentralization, Dissemination • 1990: Internet – transit & report; Inc concern reg Privacy, confidentiality • 2001: Syndromic Surveillance - Anthrax
  • 8. PURPOSE • Three generic purposes – Identify public health problems – May stimulate public health intervention – May suggest hypotheses for research
  • 9. Types of Surveillance • Passive surveillance – a system in which data generated without solicitation, intervention or contact by the health agency carrying out the surveillance. Other agencies initiate reporting. • Active surveillance – the organization conducting surveillance initiates procedures to obtain reports
  • 10. Types of Surveillance contd. • Enhanced passive surveillance – active follow up of cases to pursue other possible causes/cases – e.g. contact tracing in STD • Sentinel Surveillance - Surveillance system in which reports are obtained from certain facilities or populations
  • 11. 11 Syndromic Surveillance • Syndromic surveillance systems face inherent trade- offs (among sensitivity, and the number of false positives) timeliness, that limit their effectiveness • The benefits of any Syndromic surveillance system will depend on how effectively it is integrated into the public health system • Syndromic surveillance is useful: (suspected outbreaks and during outbreaks; depends on case definitions)
  • 12. 12 Surveillance of Disease vs. Persons • Surveillance of Disease: “ The continuing scrutiny of all aspects of occurrence and spread of disease that are pertinent to its effective control” • Surveillance of Persons: “ The continuing scrutiny of disease contacts, high risk groups in order to promote prompt recognition of infection or illness”
  • 13. 13 Surveillance various levels • Individual Surveillance • Local population Surveillance • National Population Surveillance • International Surveillance
  • 14. 14 • Immidiate • Epidemics • Newly emerging health problems • Changes in health practices • Changes in antibiotic resistance • Annual • Estimating magnitude of health problems • Assessing control activities • setting research priorities • Testing hypothesis • Facilitate plg • Archival • Describing natural history of a disease • Facilitate epidemiolgic research • Validating use of preliminary data • Documenting dist of spread SURVEILLANCE ACCORDING TO TIMELINESS
  • 15. 15 • Natural and man-made disasters (emergencies) • During Special events of mass gatherings – Pilgrims to Makkah – Olympics • Laboratory-based surveillance: – Emerging pathogens – Antimicrobial resistance • Infection control • Behavioural risk factors • Others Special Surveillance Programs
  • 16. 16 Exposed Clinical specimen Disease +ve specimen Infected Seek medical attention Reported Laboratory-based surveillance Syndromic Surveillance Serological surveys We see only reported cases
  • 17. Simplified Diagram of Surveillance for a Health Problem
  • 18. Information Loops • A surveillance system is an information loop or cycle that involves: – healthcare providers – public health agencies – the public # 1-4-5
  • 19. Flow of Surveillance Data Collection Analysis and Interpretation Dissemination, Utilisation Collation # 1-4-6
  • 20. •Surveillance is systematic ongoing collection, collation, and analysis of data, and the timely dissemination of information to those who need to know so that action can be taken •A survey is a one data collection episode •Registries are not for immediate action •Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) for annual reports Surveillance, surveys, registries and HMIS:
  • 21. 21 • Registers are archival health information • Surveillance is dynamic as compared with surveys: Interplay between epidemiologic studies and control activities • Surveillance is not mere: – Reporting – Monitoring – Data collection Note the Differences:
  • 22. ELEMENTS OF SURVEILLANCE • Cycle of Surveillance • Confidentiality • Incentives to Participation • Surveillance Ethics • legitimate desire to protect privacy • Stigma
  • 23. Avian Flu, EU $500m 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 $50bn $40bn $30bn $20bn $10bn Estimated costs BSE, UK $10-13bn Foot&Mouth Disease Taiwan, $5-8bn 1992 1993 1994 1995 Foot-and-Mouth Disease UK $30bn Avian Flu Asia, US, Canada $10bn 2004 BSE, US $3.5bn BSE, Canada $1.5bn Lyme disease US, $2.5bn SARS China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada,… $50bn+ Nipah, Malaysia $350-400m Swine Flu, Netherlands $2.3bn BSE, Japan 1.5bn Economic Impact of Recent Epidemics
  • 24. 24 • “ Ultimately a single element, a single addition to the strategy of the [eradication] program was responsible [for its success] .. that change was the incorpotation of the principle of surveillance” D. A. Henendersen Smallpox Eradication
  • 25. Rationale for Disease Surveillance The disease is of public health importance • Caution! – Is it worth the effort (money, human resources)? – Are relevant data easily available? – Can action be taken?
  • 26. Objectives of surveillance DESCRIPTIVE EPID OF HEALTH PROBLEMS • Monitoring trends (Time): Measles in US • Person Distribution: Groups at highest risk of disease Insight into etiologies, modes of spread Guide Prev activities before etiology known e.g. Surv AIDS – sexual, drug and medical history
  • 27. Objectives of surveillance DESCRIPTIVE EPID OF HEALTH PROBLEMS • Epidemic / outbreak detection and prediction: Syndromic surveillance – bioterrorism related epidemics non specific syndromes (resp, GI..), other measures (purchase of drugs, absenteeism..) • Place Distribution: Maps
  • 28. Objectives of surveillance DESCRIPTIVE EPID OF HEALTH PROBLEMS • Estimate magnitude of health problem • Changes in health practices – e.g. Caesarian deliveries • Distribution and spread in time & Place • Natural history
  • 29. Objectives of surveillance LINKS TO SERVICES Integral part of delivery of prev & therapeutic services Receipt of a case report triggers specific response e.g. TB case – to cure, minimize transmission, prevent resistance, contact identification LINKS TO RESEARCH Insufficient details for probing in-depth hypothesis, Hypothesis generating e.g. studies assoc TSS with tampon
  • 30. Objectives of surveillance EVALUATION OF INTERVENTIONS Trends, Rates Monitor programme performance e.g. TSS cases fell after removal of tampon from market. PLANNING & PROJECTIONS Planners need future demands for health services Epidemiological models Applying current disease rates to future population projectons
  • 31. Objectives of surveillance EDUCATION & POLICY Alert physicians to community health problems Inform policy makers about prevention or care resources requirement
  • 32. Uses of Public Health Surveillance • Estimate magnitude of the problem • Portray the natural history of a disease • Determine distribution and spread of illness • Detect outbreaks • Generate hypotheses, stimulate research • Evaluate control and prevention measures • Monitor changes in infectious agents • Detect changes in health practices • Facilitate planning
  • 33. Uses of Public Health Surveillance • Estimate magnitude of the problem • Portray the natural history of a disease • Determine distribution and spread of illness • Detect outbreaks • Generate hypotheses, stimulate research • Evaluate control measures • Monitor changes in infectious agents • Detect changes in health practices • Facilitate planning
  • 34. Shigellosis 1968-1998 0 5 10 15 Year 1968 1973 197 8 1983 1988 1993 1998 Reported cases per 100,000 population Source: CDC. Summary of notifiable diseases. 1998.
  • 35. Uses of Public Health Surveillance • Estimate magnitude of the problem • Portray the natural history of a disease • Determine distribution and spread of illness • Detect outbreaks • Generate hypotheses, stimulate research • Evaluate control measures • Monitor changes in infectious agents • Detect changes in health practices • Facilitate planning
  • 36. TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME (TSS) United States, 1983-1998 *Includes cases meeting the CDC definition for confirmed and probable cases for staphylococcal TSS. 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) data* National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance (NETSS) data 0 2 0 4 0 6 0 8 0 10 0 12 0 14 0 16 0 Year (Quarter) Reported cases
  • 37. Evolution of an Epidemic Estimated AIDS incidence* through 2000, United States *Estimated from data reported to CDC through June 2001, adjusted for reporting delays. 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000 90000 1 9 8 2 1 9 8 4 1 9 8 6 1 9 8 8 1 9 9 0 1 9 9 2 1 9 9 4 1 9 9 6 1 9 9 8 2 0 0 0 Year of Diagnostics Number of Cases Serologic assay for HIV antibody available HIV identified AIDS case definition expanded AZT shown to reduce risk of perinatal transmission Protease inhibitors licensed for use in US 100,000 AIDS cases reported to CDC as of July 1989. 500,000 AIDS cases reported to CDC as of October 1995 An estimated 798,500 AIDS cases diagnosed through 2000 Use of HAART becomes widespread. AZT monotherapy becomes available AIDS case definition modified First AIDS case definition published
  • 38. Uses of Public Health Surveillance • Estimate magnitude of the problem • Portray the natural history of a disease • Determine distribution and spread of illness • Detect outbreaks • Generate hypotheses, stimulate research • Evaluate control measures • Monitor changes in infectious agents • Detect changes in health practices • Facilitate planning
  • 39. Rate of Hepatitis A United States, 1998 < 5.0 5.0–9.9 10.0–19.9 >20.0 NA NA NA NYC DC PR VI GUAM AM SAMOA CNMI Source: CDC. Summary of notifiable diseases. 1998.
  • 40. Uses of Public Health Surveillance • Estimate magnitude of the problem • Portray the natural history of a disease • Determine distribution and spread of illness • Detect outbreaks • Generate hypotheses, stimulate research • Evaluate control measures • Monitor changes in infectious agents • Detect changes in health practices • Facilitate planning
  • 41. Botulism (Foodborne) United States, 1978-1998 *Data from survey of state epidemiologists and directors of state public health laboratories. Not yet available for 1998. Outbreak caused by potato salad, NM Outbreak caused by sautéed onions, IL Outbreak caused by fermented fish/sea products, AK Outbreak caused by baked potatoes, TX Laboratory-confirmed cases* NETSS data 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 Year 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 Reported cases Source: CDC. Summary of notifiable diseases. 1998.
  • 42. Uses of Public Health Surveillance • Estimate magnitude of the problem • Portray the natural history of a disease • Determine distribution and spread of illness • Detect outbreaks • Generate hypotheses, stimulate research • Evaluate control measures • Monitor changes in infectious agents • Detect changes in health practices • Facilitate planning
  • 43. Year Reported cases (thousands) Vaccine licensed 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 MEASLES — by year, United States, 1983– 1998 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Year 1983 1988 1993 1998 Reported Cases (Thousands) Source: CDC. Summary of notifiable diseases. 1998. MEASLES (Rubeola) United States, 1963-1998
  • 44. Uses of Public Health Surveillance • Estimate magnitude of the problem • Portray the natural history of a disease • Determine distribution and spread of illness • Detect outbreaks • Generate hypotheses, stimulate research • Evaluate control measures • Monitor changes in infectious agents • Detect changes in health practices • Facilitate planning
  • 45. Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) NOTE: Inactivated vaccine was licensed in 1955. Oral vaccine was licensed in 1961. Year 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 Reported cases Source: CDC. Summary of notifiable diseases. 1998. Rate/100,000 Population Year Inactivated Vaccine Oral Vaccine 0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1000 1951 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 United States, 1968-1998
  • 46. Uses of Public Health Surveillance • Estimate magnitude of the problem • Portray the natural history of a disease • Determine distribution and spread of illness • Detect outbreaks • Generate hypotheses, stimulate research • Evaluate control measures • Monitor changes in infectious agents • Detect changes in health practices • Facilitate planning
  • 47. Trends in Plasmid-Mediated Resistance to Penicillin and Tetracycline United States, 1988-1997 Source: Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) Percent 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 PPNG TRNG PPNG & TRNG Note: "PPNG" (penicillinase-producing ) and "TRNG" (tetracycline-resistant) N. gonorrhoeae refer to plasmid- mediated resistance to penicillin and tetracycline, respectively. Year
  • 48. Uses of Public Health Surveillance • Estimate magnitude of the problem • Portray the natural history of a disease • Determine distribution and spread of illness • Detect outbreaks • Generate hypotheses, stimulate research • Evaluate control measures • Monitor changes in infectious agents • Detect changes in health practices • Facilitate planning
  • 50. Uses of Public Health Surveillance • Estimate magnitude of the problem • Portray the natural history of a disease • Determine distribution and spread of illness • Detect outbreaks • Generate hypotheses, stimulate research • Evaluate control measures • Monitor changes in infectious agents • Detect changes in health practices • Facilitate planning
  • 51. Foreign-born Year U.S.-born 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 0 4,000 8,000 12,000 16,000 20,000 Reported cases Tuberculosis United States, 1986-1998 (U.S.- and foreign-born persons)
  • 52. Uses of Public Health Surveillance • Estimate magnitude of the problem • Portray the natural history of a disease • Determine distribution and spread of illness • Detect outbreaks • Generate hypotheses, stimulate research • Evaluate control and prevention measures • Monitor changes in infectious agents • Detect changes in health practices • Facilitate planning
  • 53. 53 Early Warning (EWARN): An important Component of Surveillance Systems • Rumour verification • EWARNs  Detect clusters in time, place or persons  Change in trend • Programme monitoring  Programme indicators • Surveillance system monitoring  Operation indicators  Support indicators  Output indicators Requiring immediate investigation Requiring programme adjustment Requiring system improvement Requiring verification
  • 54. Early Warning Signals Clustering of cases or deaths in time & /or space Unusual increase in cases/ deaths • Ac. hemorrhagic fever • Ac. fever with altered sensorium/ renal involvement/ painful lymph node/ unknown aetiology • Severe dehydration following diarrhoea in patients > 5 year of age • Ac. flaccid paralysis in a child
  • 55. Early Warning Signals - II 2 or more linked cases • Even a single case of epidemic prone diseases in tribal/poorly accessible area • Unusual isolate in laboratory • Shift in age distribution of a disease • High vector density in local area • Natural disasters
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  • 58. Surveillance for Outbreak Detection • Convergence of technology, volumes of electronic data, and new priority for early detection • Increase timeliness and completeness of routine data • Capture nontraditional data that signify a condition before a diagnosis is made • Analytic methods to detect smaller signals
  • 59. Surveillance for Outbreak Detection: Experience • Laboratory specificity to detect clusters • Sentinel systems with resources to monitor and investigate • Syndrome surveillance where outbreaks are substantial and predictable • Case reports trigger outbreak investigation
  • 60. Surveillance for Outbreak Detection: Exploration • Enhanced reporting from clinical sites (ED, EMS, 911, offices) • Health care transaction warehouses (pharmacy, patient encounters, lab orders) • Novel data sources (retail sales, veterinary encounters, environmental indicators, absenteeism) • Signal detection methods
  • 61. Surveillance for Outbreak Detection: Reality • Human “technology” is key – Single case detection depends on clinical acumen and reporting relationships – Epidemiologic judgment in evaluating volumes of data – Follow-up of system signals • Tolerance for false alarms will vary
  • 62. Surveillance functions Core function • Reporting • Detection • Investigation & confirmation • Analysis & interpretation • Action / response Support function • Training • Supervision • Resources • Standards / guidelines
  • 63. Steps in planning a surveillance system Decide if justifiable Establish objectives Specify organization and structure Develop case definition Specify the details of collection of information Organization and procedures of data analysis Making scientific interpretations Ensure proper feedback Evaluation Assure use of analysis and interpretation
  • 64. • Frequency of occurrence • Severity of condition – sequel, disabilities • Cost of surveillance • Preventability of condition • Communicability of condition – potential for an outbreak • Public interest – public perception and concern • International requirements. Determine Priority/Importance Steps in planning
  • 65. Ability to prevent, control, or treat the health problem • preventability and • control measures and treatment. Capacity of health system to implement control measures for the health problem — • speed of response, • economics, • availability of resources, and • what surveillance of this event requires. Determine Priority/Importance contd.. Steps in planning
  • 66. Case definition • Clinical versus laboratory – Balance competing needs of • Sensitivity • Specificity and • feasibility • Level of case definition (suspected, probable, confirmed) Example Influenza: – Suspected: A person with sudden onset of fever > 39C, respiratory symptoms, myalgias, headaches – Probable: A suspected case , epidemiologically linked to laboratory-confirmed case – Confirmed: A suspected case with virus isolation or direct antigen detection Steps in planning
  • 67. Collection of information Data source • Disease notifications and Notifiable diseases • vital statistics • Vital record linkages • Health reports • Hospital records/ health centers • Laboratory • Disease registries • Health surveys • Studies on animals & vectors Steps in planning
  • 68. Collection of information Data source contd • Member of the public, media • Socio-demographic & environmental data • Co-operating Physicians • Absenteeism from workplace & School • Administrative actions • Financial transactions – Sales of goods & services – Taxation • Legal actions • Law and regulations Steps in planning
  • 69. 72 Collection of information • Method of data collection –Active Surveillance: –Passive Surveillance: –Sentinel surveillance –Volunteer providers –Special surveillance team Steps in planning
  • 70. 73 Collection of information • Forms used – simple & brief • What time/ place of diagnosis entered • Frequency of reporting – Daily ( cholera, food poisoning) –Weekly ( Malaria) –Monthly ( HIV) • Method of transmission of reports • Central collection of data Steps in planning
  • 71. TYPES OF NOTIFICATIONS 1. Disease or hazard-specific notifications a. Communicable diseases i. World Health Organization: International health regulations require reporting of Smallpox, Poliomyelitis ,Human influenza, SARS etc. ii. National: United States and Canada specify diseases that require notification by all states and provinces, respectively iii. Provincial, state, or subnational: for example, coccidiomycosis in California b. Chemical and physical hazards in the environment i. Childhood lead poisoning ii. Occupational hazards iii. Firearm-related injury iv. Consumer product-related injury Adapted from: Koo D, Wingo P, Rothwell C. Health Statistics from Notifications, Registration Systems, and Registries.
  • 72. TYPES OF NOTIFICATIONS contd. 2. Notifications related to treatment administration a. Adverse effect of drugs or medical products b. Adverse effect from vaccines 3. Notifications related to persons at risk a. Elevated blood lead among adults b. Elevated blood lead among children Adapted from: Koo D, Wingo P, Rothwell C. Health Statistics from Notifications, Registration Systems, and Registries. In: Friedman D, Parrish RG, Hunter E (editors). Health Statistics: Shaping Policy and Practice to Improve the Population’s Health. New York: Oxford University Press; 2005, p. 82.
  • 73. TYPESOF REGISTRIES 1. Vital event registration a. Birth registration b. Marriage and divorce registration c. Death registration 2. Registries used in preventive medicine a. Immunization registries b. Registries of persons at risk for selected conditions c. Registries of persons positive for genetic conditions 3. Disease-specific registries a. Blind registries b. Birth defects registries c. Cancer registries d. Psychiatric case registries e. Ischemic heart disease registries Adapted from: Koo D, Wingo P, Rothwell C. Health Statistics from Notifications, Registration Systems, and Registries. In: Friedman D, Parrish RG, Hunter E (editors). Health Statistics: Shaping Policy and Practice to Improve the Population’s Health. New York: Oxford University Press; 2005, p. 91
  • 74. TYPESOF REGISTRIES contd. 4. Treatment registries a. Radiotherapy registries b. Follow-up registries for detection of iatrogenic thyroid disease 5. After-treatment registries a. Handicapped children b. Disabled persons 6. Registries of persons at risk or exposed a. Children at high risk for developing a health problem b. Occupational hazards registries c. Medical hazards registries d. Older persons or chronically ill registries e. Atomic bomb survivors (Japan) f. World Trade Center survivors (New York City) 7. Skills and resources registries 8. Prospective research studies
  • 76. 79 • Weekly? Appropriate most times • Monthly? Less sensitive • Quarterly? At national level • Daily? – Daily reporting could be cumbersome – Daily reporting may be required during emergencies, disasters • Avoid inconsistencies in case definitions • Reporting suspected vs. confirmed cases Frequency of Reporting Diseases
  • 77. Analysis, Interpretation & Presentation of Surveillance data • Attribution of Time • Attribution of Place; use of GIS • Attribution of persons • Detection of change in trends • Assessing Completeness of surveillance Capture-Recapture Steps in planning
  • 78. Analysis, Interpretation & Presentation of Surveillance data Inferential statistics : Analytic procedures usually are based on comparing the current incidence against the “Upper and Lower Control Limits” Steps in planning
  • 79. Analysis, Interpretation & Presentation of Surveillance data • Smoothing • Protection of confidentiality Presentation • Wide range of Users • Mode of presentation – intended audience Steps in planning
  • 80. Common causes of artifactual changes • Changes in local reporting procedures or policies (e.g., a change from passive to active surveillance). • Changes in case definition (e.g., AIDS in 1993). • Increased health-seeking behavior (e.g., media publicity prompts persons with symptoms to seek medical care). • Increase in diagnosis. • New laboratory test or diagnostic procedure.
  • 81. Common causes of artifactual changes contd. • Increased physician awareness of the condition, or a new physician is in town. • Increase in reporting (i.e., improved awareness of requirement to report). • Outbreak of similar disease, misdiagnosed as disease of interest. • Laboratory error. • Batch reporting in which reports from previous periods are held and reported all at once during another reporting period (e.g. reporting all cases received during December and the 1st week of January during the second week of
  • 82. Dissemination mechanism Directly to all who need to know • Press release to the public • Reports, bulletins • Others Steps in planning
  • 83. Assure use of analysis and interpretation Control measures – rapid response – case management – prevention programme (immunisation) Planning/ policy making – epidemic preparedness – policy modification – prediction and future planning Feedback to the system Steps in planning
  • 84. Periodically evaluate/review the surveillance system For • Completeness • Accuracy • Process and • Adequacy To See Whether the case definitions need a change? Problems in the timely and accurate reporting and how can it be improved? Defects and reorient the methodology. Steps in planning
  • 85. Public Health Surveillance System Attributes • Simplicity • Flexibility • Data Quality • Acceptability • Sensitivity • Predictive Value Positive • Representativeness • Timeliness • Stability
  • 86. Check List for Assessing an Established Surveillance System 1. Broad goals & objectives 2. Adequate Staffing Adequate training 3. The diseases under surveillance Sensitivity & specificity of the diagnostic criteria and case – definitions Are facilities for diagnosing available?
  • 87. Check List for Assessing an Established Surveillance System 4. The sources of information Are the persons proficient in recording the case definitions? Feasibility of forms used by the peripheral workers 5. Timely reporting 6. How much is the under - or over - reporting? 7. Maintenance of manual and automated files
  • 88. Check List for Assessing an Established Surveillance System 8. The time lag between receipt of reports and generation of analysed feedback reports. 9. Are the reports generated simple and presentable ? Are they forwarded to all concerned 10. Has the information been actually used 11. Is the surveillance system periodically evaluated
  • 89. The International Health Regulations (IHR): A global framework • Legally-binding global agreement to protect public health • The international commitment for shared responsibilities and collective defence against disease spread • Collective effort based on agreed rules Smallpox, 1950s
  • 90. International public health security is the goal Ensuring maximum public health security while minimizing interference with international transport and trade Come into force on 15 June 2007* Legally binding for WHO and the world’s countries that have agreed to play by the same rules to secure international health. Legally binding upon 194 States Parties around the world (including all WHO Member States)
  • 91. From control of borders to (also) containment at source From diseases list to all threats From preset measures to adapted and real time response IHR(2005): a paradigm shift
  • 92. Strategic framework • Communication and exchange of information • Coordination • Joint cross-boarder surveillance and outbreak investigation • Resources sharing and mobilization • Standardization and sharing surveillance tools • Laboratory network • Preparedness and response to outbreaks • Capacity building • Social mobilization • Monitoring and evaluation
  • 93. 99 • Vary from one country to another – Differences within countries – Changes over time • Adding one single disease to the list could cost a lot: Money, time, avoidable confusion • Variables collected should be indicators of potential or arising problems rather than identifying risk factors • Report only confirmed cases? Reportable Diseases
  • 94. Past Approaches • Duplication of efforts and resources Delays in reporting and identification of outbreaks Lack of dissemination and feedback to the local level Lack of integration of training and surveillance activities # 1-4-13
  • 95. Common Problems with Past Surveillance Systems, Cont. Limited evaluation of programmes Inadequate involvement of laboratories Incomplete reporting and lack of supervisory support # 1-4-14