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[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks a lot, Jason and Alvin for sharing your insights.

I think I might just go with "Report" or "Reported cases" for now. But what
remains as a challenge is to easily populate the DHIS2 data value table to
allow for the generation of maps. From Jason's experience, a script may be
the way to go. That could be external, or done in javascript inside an app,
which could also offer multi-period data entry. However, it would be nice
if multi-period data entry could be included in an upcoming release.

Knut

On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Alvin B. Marcelo
<alvin.marcelo@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my BB Curve 9320
>
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Knut Staring
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