Capacity of public health surveillance to comply with revised international health regulations, USA.
Public health surveillance is essential for detecting and responding to infectious diseases and necessary for compliance with the revised International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005. To assess reporting capacities and compliance with IHR of all 50 states and Washington, DC, we sent a questionnaire to respective epidemiologists; 47 of 51 responded. Overall reporting capacity was high. Eighty-one percent of respondents reported being able to transmit notifications about unknown or unexpected events to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) daily. Additionally, 80% of respondents reported use of a risk assessment tool to determine whether CDC should be notified of possible public health emergencies. These findings suggest that most states have systems in place to ensure compliance with IHR. However, full state-level compliance will require additional efforts.
Armstrong
Kia E
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. karmstrong1@cdc.gov
McNabb
Scott J N
SJ
Ferland
Lisa D
LD
Stephens
Tim
T
Muldoon
Anna
A
Fernandez
Jose A
JA
Ostroff
Stephen
S
D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014944:World Health Organization
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