Nada Ghosn
Biographic Data
| ID | 7903704 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nada Ghosn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nada |
| FAMILY NAME | Ghosn |
| SIGNATURE | GHOSN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ministry of Public Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3549-703X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Integrating DHIS2 and R for Enhanced Cholera Surveillance in Lebanon
During the 2022-2023 cholera outbreak in Lebanon, cases were reported through the District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2). We developed automated procedures in R computing language to improve completeness of routinely notified variables, apply case definition criteria, improve geographic accuracy and documentation of laboratory results. We developed R scripts for data cleaning, standardization, and reclassification, plotted epidemic curves a…
Preparing for the next respiratory pathogen pandemic
The Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats (PRET) initiative takes an innovative mode-of-transmission approach to pandemic planning by advocating for integrated preparedness and response systems and capacities for groups of pathogens with common transmission pathways. The World Health Organization (WHO) launched this initiative in 2023 with the publication of PRET Module 1 addressing respiratory pathogens. Exercise PanPRET-1 is a custom…
Experience of field testing in Lebanon during the Covid-19 pandemic, January to August 2021
Soon after detection of the first COVID-19 case in Lebanon, a testing strategy was developed aiming to early detect new cases and identify close contacts in order to implement isolation and quarantine measures, thus limiting disease transmission. Field-testing activities were initiated in March 2020, focusing on suspected cases and close contacts. The objective of this paper is to present data collected between the 1st and the 35th week of 2021 a…
P2-539 Rabies
Introduction Between 1992 and 2009, 19 human rabies cases were reported to the Ministry of Health. In summer 2010, two human rabies deaths were reported from Zgharta and Baalbek. Therefore, Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) study was conducted in both districts. Objectives The objectives are to: assess KAP of Zgharta and Baalbek population towards rabies; measure the association of knowledge score to possible factors; and provide basic aware…
P2-347 10 years of Polio/AFP surveillance in Lebanon
Background Ever since the 1988 poliomyelitis eradication global initiative, cases have been drastically decreasing; however, four countries remain polio reservoir sources for virus exportation. In Lebanon, the last two indigenous cases were reported in 1994. Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance was adopted in Lebanon in 1998 to detect poliomyelitis cases, using syndromic approach. Objective The objective of AFP surveillance is to early iden…
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P2-539 Rabies
Introduction Between 1992 and 2009, 19 human rabies cases were reported to the Ministry of Health. In summer 2010, two human rabies deaths were reported from Zgharta and Baalbek. Therefore, Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) study was conducted in both districts. Objectives The objectives are to: assess KAP of Zgharta and Baalbek population towards rabies; measure the association of knowledge score to possible factors; and provide basic aware…
P2-347 10 years of Polio/AFP surveillance in Lebanon
Background Ever since the 1988 poliomyelitis eradication global initiative, cases have been drastically decreasing; however, four countries remain polio reservoir sources for virus exportation. In Lebanon, the last two indigenous cases were reported in 1994. Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance was adopted in Lebanon in 1998 to detect poliomyelitis cases, using syndromic approach. Objective The objective of AFP surveillance is to early iden…
Experience of field testing in Lebanon during the Covid-19 pandemic, January to August 2021
Soon after detection of the first COVID-19 case in Lebanon, a testing strategy was developed aiming to early detect new cases and identify close contacts in order to implement isolation and quarantine measures, thus limiting disease transmission. Field-testing activities were initiated in March 2020, focusing on suspected cases and close contacts. The objective of this paper is to present data collected between the 1st and the 35th week of 2021 a…
Preparing for the next respiratory pathogen pandemic
The Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats (PRET) initiative takes an innovative mode-of-transmission approach to pandemic planning by advocating for integrated preparedness and response systems and capacities for groups of pathogens with common transmission pathways. The World Health Organization (WHO) launched this initiative in 2023 with the publication of PRET Module 1 addressing respiratory pathogens. Exercise PanPRET-1 is a custom…
Integrating DHIS2 and R for Enhanced Cholera Surveillance in Lebanon
During the 2022-2023 cholera outbreak in Lebanon, cases were reported through the District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2). We developed automated procedures in R computing language to improve completeness of routinely notified variables, apply case definition criteria, improve geographic accuracy and documentation of laboratory results. We developed R scripts for data cleaning, standardization, and reclassification, plotted epidemic curves a…
Medicine (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Disease (2 works) · Pandemic (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (2 works) · Zoonotic diseases and public health (2 works) · Acute flaccid paralysis (1 work) · Analytics (1 work) · Business (1 work)