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Re: indicator for outbreak detection and notification

 

Dear Claude,

if data is entered at district level, that will be easy with a surveillance
rule.
Please see this for more information.
https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch12s05.html

Alex



On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:25 AM, henri claude moungui <
henrimoungui@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Hi to all.
>
> In disease surveillance, if a district reports 3 measles cases in 4 weeks,
> this district is in alert of a possible measles outbreak. I want to
> automatically be notified if a district reaches the alert threshold.
> One way could be that the control is done in data entry form.
>
> I am thinking on an indicator that could get the value yes/no if a
> district reaches the alert thereshold in DHIS2.
> I wrote this code hoping this would help but I don't know how to implement
> it. In fact, this code is just the way I see the procedure.
>
> Read week x ;
> Read District1;
> Write week x ;
> Write number_measles_cases (week  x);
> If   number_measles_cases (week x) + number_measles_cases (week x-1) +
> number_measles_cases (week  x-2) + number_measles_cases (week  x-3)>=3
>                 Then District1.MeaslesEpiStatus= « yes » ;
> End
>
>
>
> Week x is the current week for which data are being entered.
> District1 is the district for which data are being entered.
> MeaslesEpiStatus is an indicator which value could be yes/no.
>
> A warmly mercy for all the DHIS2 support  team and users all around the
> world!
>
> Henri.
>
>
>
>
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