The availability and consistency of dengue surveillance data provided online by the World Health Organization.
BACKGROUND:The use of high quality disease surveillance data has become increasingly important for public health action against new threats. In response, countries have developed a wide range of disease surveillance systems enabled by technological advancements. The heterogeneity and complexity of c...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:972da78b2b4f4d81a1ace865d98625fe 2023-05-15T15:11:50+02:00 The availability and consistency of dengue surveillance data provided online by the World Health Organization. Irene Ruberto Ernesto Marques Donald S Burke Willem G Van Panhuis 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003511 https://doaj.org/article/972da78b2b4f4d81a1ace865d98625fe EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4397048?pdf=render https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003511 https://doaj.org/article/972da78b2b4f4d81a1ace865d98625fe PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 4, p e0003511 (2015) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2015 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003511 2022-12-31T12:03:17Z BACKGROUND:The use of high quality disease surveillance data has become increasingly important for public health action against new threats. In response, countries have developed a wide range of disease surveillance systems enabled by technological advancements. The heterogeneity and complexity of country data systems have caused a growing need for international organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) to coordinate the standardization, integration, and dissemination of country disease data at the global level for research and policy. The availability and consistency of currently available disease surveillance data at the global level are unclear. We investigated this for dengue surveillance data provided online by the WHO. METHODS AND FINDINGS:We extracted all dengue surveillance data provided online by WHO Headquarters and Regional Offices (RO's). We assessed the availability and consistency of these data by comparing indicators within and between sources. We also assessed the consistency of dengue data provided online by two example countries (Brazil and Indonesia). Data were available from WHO for 100 countries since 1955 representing a total of 23 million dengue cases and 82 thousand deaths ever reported to WHO. The availability of data on DengueNet and some RO's declined dramatically after 2005. Consistency was lacking between sources (84% across all indicators representing a discrepancy of almost half a million cases). Within sources, data at high spatial resolution were often incomplete. CONCLUSIONS:The decline of publicly available, integrated dengue surveillance data at the global level will limit opportunities for research, policy, and advocacy. A new financial and operational framework will be necessary for innovation and for the continued availability of integrated country disease data at the global level. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 9 4 e0003511 |
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BACKGROUND:The use of high quality disease surveillance data has become increasingly important for public health action against new threats. In response, countries have developed a wide range of disease surveillance systems enabled by technological advancements. The heterogeneity and complexity of country data systems have caused a growing need for international organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) to coordinate the standardization, integration, and dissemination of country disease data at the global level for research and policy. The availability and consistency of currently available disease surveillance data at the global level are unclear. We investigated this for dengue surveillance data provided online by the WHO. METHODS AND FINDINGS:We extracted all dengue surveillance data provided online by WHO Headquarters and Regional Offices (RO's). We assessed the availability and consistency of these data by comparing indicators within and between sources. We also assessed the consistency of dengue data provided online by two example countries (Brazil and Indonesia). Data were available from WHO for 100 countries since 1955 representing a total of 23 million dengue cases and 82 thousand deaths ever reported to WHO. The availability of data on DengueNet and some RO's declined dramatically after 2005. Consistency was lacking between sources (84% across all indicators representing a discrepancy of almost half a million cases). Within sources, data at high spatial resolution were often incomplete. CONCLUSIONS:The decline of publicly available, integrated dengue surveillance data at the global level will limit opportunities for research, policy, and advocacy. A new financial and operational framework will be necessary for innovation and for the continued availability of integrated country disease data at the global level. |
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The availability and consistency of dengue surveillance data provided online by the World Health Organization. |
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The availability and consistency of dengue surveillance data provided online by the World Health Organization. |
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The availability and consistency of dengue surveillance data provided online by the World Health Organization. |
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The availability and consistency of dengue surveillance data provided online by the World Health Organization. |
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The availability and consistency of dengue surveillance data provided online by the World Health Organization. |
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availability and consistency of dengue surveillance data provided online by the world health organization. |
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