Syndromic surveillance of air pollution incidents across international borders

The impact of poor air quality (AQ) on human health is a global issue, with periods of poor AQ known to occur in multiple locations, across different countries at, or around the same time. The Public Health England (PHE) Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance System (EDSSS) is a public health legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, monitoring anonymised daily attendance data in near real-time from a sentinel network of up to 38 EDs across England and Northern Ireland during 2014.

August 20, 2017

User-friendly Rshiny web applications for supporting syndromic surveillance analysis

The French syndromic surveillance system SursaUD® has been set up by Santé publique France, the national public health agency (formerly French institute for public health - InVS) in 2004. In 2016, the system is based on three main data sources: the attendances in about 650 emergency departments (ED), the consultations to

August 22, 2017

Acute Gastroenteritis: Contribution of SOS Médecins Network

In France, the surveillance of GE is performed by several complementary systems including specific and syndromic surveillance systems.

August 07, 2017

Factors Influencing the Stability and Quality of the French ED Surveillance System

Since 2004, the French syndromic surveillance system Oscour® has been implemented by the national institute for public health surveillance (InVS) and is daily used to detect and follow-up various public health events all over the territory [1]. Beginning with 23 ED in 2004, the coverage and data quality have permanently been increasing until including about 650 ED in August 2015.

September 11, 2017

Impact Assessment of a Terrorist Attack Using Syndromic Surveillance, France, 2015

Since the terrorist attacks against the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in January 2015, France has activated the highest level of its national anti-terrorist security plan. A new terrorist attack occurred the 26th of June at 9:50 AM in a gas production plant located in the industrial area of Saint Quentin Fallavier nearby Lyon (East -South-of France). The plant produces several different chemical products like gas and plastics and employed 40 people. The attack resulted in an explosion followed by fire.

October 10, 2017

Determinants of Daily Attendances in Emergency Departments for Asthma in the Paris Area

In June 2004, the French syndromic surveillance system based on the ED has been implemented by the French institute for public health surveillance (InVS), starting with 23 ED. In August 2014, about 600 ED (40,000 daily attendances) are included in the Oscour network, recording 80% of the national total attendances.

Asthma is one of the about 60 syndromic indicators monitored each day and followed all over the year.

October 03, 2017

Chikungunya Epidemic in the French Overseas Territories using Syndromic Surveillance

In December 2013, an emergence of chikungunya was observed in the French Caribbean region. Starting on the Saint-Martin island, the epidemic of chikungunya spread in Martinique on December 2013. The first cases were then observed in Guadeloupe in December 2013 and in January 2014 in the French Guyana. A specific surveillance system has been implemented based on a sentinel general practitioners’ network enabling the estimation of the number of cases clinically suggestive. Severity of this arbovirus is assessed using the number of hospitalized cases.

October 10, 2017

The French Emergency Department OSCOUR Network: Evaluation After a 10-year Existence

After the major impact of the 2003 heat wave, France needed a reactive, permanent and national surveillance system enabling to detect and to follow-up various public health events all over the territory including overseas. In June 2004, the French syndromic surveillance system based on the emergency department (ED) has been implemented by the national institute for public health surveillance (InVS). Beginning with 23 ED in 2004, the network has progressively included new ED and several steps have contributed to accelerate this permanent increase.

December 11, 2017

Comparing Findings from Syndromic Surveillance Systems at a European Level

Co-financed by the European Commission through the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers, the European Triple-S project (Syndromic Surveillance Survey, Assessment towards Guidelines for Europe) was launched in 2010 for a 3-year period and includes 24 organizations in 13 countries. Numerous European countries have created SyS systems. These systems analyze and report their SyS findings to local, regional or national public-health authorities in accordance with their national priorities.

August 22, 2018

Guidelines to Implement or Improve Syndromic Surveillance Systems

Co-financed by the European Commission through the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers, the European Triple-S project (Syndromic Surveillance Survey, Assessment towards Guidelines for Europe) was launched in 2010 for a 3-year period [1]. It involves 24 organisations from 13 countries. The project's final purpose is to increase the European capacity for real-time surveillance and monitoring of the health burden of expected and unexpected health-related events.

April 28, 2019

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