Beyond early warning
Towards greater granularity in the use of event-based surveillance for public health emergencies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15380521 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carl Jason McKnight (World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, corresponding author), Ahmed Taha Aboushady (0000-0002-8245-6591, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe), Chris Lane (0000-0003-2450-592X, Sana'a University), C R Lane |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3488-3488 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMC Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-024-20963-2 |
| PMID | 39696107 |
| OpenAlex | W4405534350 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 36 |
The timeliness between initial alerts of early outbreak detection and key epidemiological evidence about the emerging threat reached far beyond the first warning for the global community. To improve on the best knowledge available for an immediate response, it is recommended that further gathering and documentation from event-based surveillance is engaged to create a more complete assessment for uncontrollable infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics. Enhanced EBS (through modern tools, e.g., Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) are critical for timely detection and response to such events
Disease · Environmental health · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Outbreak · Pathology · Political science · Preparedness · Public health · Transmission (telecommunications · Warning system · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Medicine · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research · Zoonotic diseases and public health · Epidemiology · Virology
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |