Background: A Surveillance System was established for 19 diseases/syndromes in order to prevent and control communicable diseases after 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes. This study was conducted to investigate the strengths and weaknesses of the established SS. Methods: This study was carried out on an interview-based qualitative study using content analysis in 2012. Data was collected by semi-...

BACKGROUND As the global shift toward non-communicable diseases overlaps with the unfinished agenda of confronting infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries, epidemiological links across both burdens must be recognized. This study examined the non-communicable disease-infectious disease overlap in the specific comorbidity rates for key diseases in an occupational cohort in Papua, ...

Despite the fact that diabetes and other non-communicable diseases represent a significant proportion of the global burden of disease, proportionate global action has not occurred. A 2003 article reported on global constraints to the implementation of effective policies to curb non-communicable disease epidemics. These constraints include a lack of global advocacy, insufficient attention from f...

Communicable Disease Surveillance Highlights report on data from various sources, including the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) and several disease specific surveillance systems that provide regular reports to Communicable Diseases Intelligence. These national data collections are complemented by intelligence provided by State and Territory communicable disease epidemio...

BACKGROUND A Surveillance System was established for 19 diseases/syndromes in order to prevent and control communicable diseases after 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes. This study was conducted to investigate the strengths and weaknesses of the established SS. METHODS This study was carried out on an interview-based qualitative study using content analysis in 2012. Data was collected by semi-...

Joel G. Breman, Guido van der Groen, C. J. Peters, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, and David L. Heymann Antwerp, Belgium; National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Division of Emerging and Other Communicable Diseases Surveillan...

The increase in cases of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) will significantly the burden on society and government because handling them requires a short time, large costs, high technology. NCD are not transmitted but deadly result individuals becoming less or productive NCDs can be prevented by controlling risk factors through early detection. Overall, this residency was carried out to provide ...