title: Low-Cost National Media-Based Surveillance System for Public Health Events, Bangladesh.
abstract: We assessed a media-based public health surveillance system in Bangladesh during 2010-2011. The system is a highly effective, low-cost, locally appropriate, and sustainable outbreak detection tool that could be used in other low-income, resource-poor settings to meet the capacity for surveillance outlined in the International Health Regulations 2005.
authors.forename: Trong T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Ao
authors.forename: Mahmudur
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Farhana
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Haque
authors.forename: Apurba
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: M Jahangir
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: Sabbir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haider
authors.forename: A S M
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Alamgir
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sobel
authors.forename: Stephen P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Luby
authors.forename: Emily S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Gurley
mesh_terms: D000881:Anthrax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D018563:Disease Notification / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014943:Global Health / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D062486:Public Health Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D011818:Rabies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Bangladesh; disease outbreaks; infectious diseases; newspapers; public health; surveillance; television