Hi,
There are some synonyms for 'outbreak' are given below
explosion, blast, eruption, outburst, detonation, blowup, outburst, plosion,
advent, repullulation, commence, inception, initiation, inchoation, eruption,
insurgency,
I think "Insurgency" or 'Inception' would be nice to use for 'outbreak' in
context of DHIS2.
Regards
Brajesh Murari
On Saturday, 15 February 2014 1:25 PM, Alvin B. Marcelo
<alvin.marc...@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm not sure if I got the 3Cs correctly. Pls google too...
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From: "Alvin B. Marcelo" <alvin.marc...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 07:41:03
To: Knut Staring<knu...@gmail.com>;
Dhis2-users<dhis2-users-bounces+alvin.marcelo=gmail....@lists.launchpad.net>;
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Subject: Re: [Dhis2-users] Maps of outbreaks
Hi Knut,
My two cents as we recently experienced a measles 'outbreak'.
First, better not to call it an 'outbreak'. Health officials are very sensitive
about the term. We can gain their confidence if we don't "presume" an outbreak
by labeling it as such on the interface.
Second, we missed this 'outbreak' in Metro Manila (of all places!) because the
health workers waited for official lab confirmation (which takes 3 weeks in
this part of the world). The health workers forgot to execute the protocol that
if the 3Cs are present (colds, cohryza, conjunctivitis) they should suspect
measles and immediately vaccinate the surrounding children.
Lesson: if any child comes in with any one of the 3Cs, the information system
should alert them for the other 2Cs. The 3Cs will be reported upwards and it
will be a syndromic report and not an outbreak report.
The first syndromes (in retrospect) started coming in as early as August but it
was only December when the trend became evident (due to the lack of near-real
time reporting and health worker forgetting the protocol).
I fully support this initiative. Such a system, if it works, could have saved
lives in the Philippines. A better name might be DHIS2 syndromic surveillance
decision support system with the ability to inform officials of dangerous
trends.
We'll leave it up to the health officials to call it an outbreak.
Alvin
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