Disease Surveillance

Edited by David L. Blazes, MD, MPH, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA Sheri H. Lewis, MPH, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE CONCEPTS. Introduction to Electronic Disease Surveillance. International Health Regulations: Policy. Public Health Surveillance System Considerations. Surveillance Challenges in Resource-Limited Settings. The Role and Functional Components of Statistical Alerting Methods for Biosurveillance. Effective Public Health Data Visualization. DISEASE SURVEILLANCE PRACTICE. The International Health Regulations in Practice: Surveillance and a Global Community Seeking Health Security. Possible Solutions for Sustainable Surveillance Systems. mHealth and Its Role in Disease Surveillance. Global Health and Open Source Software (OSS): An Example of Legal Considerations Impacting Technology and Global Health Policy Implementation. The Role of Mass Gathering Surveillance. Promising Advances in Surveillance Technology for Global Health Security.