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Testing the Waters: Ethiopia Pilots a Wastewater Surveillance Program

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Because people can shed viruses in their feces before ever displaying symptoms, wastewater surveillance is a quick and cost-effective way for public health officials to monitor what’s circulating in the community and act to prevent further spread. The pilot survey was conducted from February to October 2023.

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How well did the EU respond to the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic? Experts now give their verdict

Frontiers

And co-author Eva Pilot adds: “Working toward an improved and resilient coordinated national health system and strengthening the local, regional and national surveillance systems should become of high priority, including taking cross-border surveillance with neighboring countries into account.”.

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Just in Time for the Holidays: 10 Food Safety Myths—Busted

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And the fact that we hear about food illness investigations means the country’s surveillance system is working as it should. The post Just in Time for the Holidays: 10 Food Safety Myths—Busted appeared first on APHL Blog. Myth # 5: That little taste of raw cookie dough won’t make me sick.

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From Surveillance to Syringe: The Making of a Flu Vaccine

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APHL, along with CDC, launched the Influenza Virologic Surveillance Right Size Roadmap to help determine how many samples each state should contribute to the national surveillance system. It also points to the quality and number of samples the US system contributes when it comes to developing candidate vaccine viruses.

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Vendor Security is Key to Preventing Future Data Breaches

Smart Data Collective

Vendor security is a key component of TPRM, ensuring that vendors adhere to robust security practices to protect the sensitive data and systems they handle. This blog post delves into the various elements of vendor security and discusses best practices to maintain robust security in vendor relationships.

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8 Things You Should Know About HPAI A(H5N1)

APHL

The country has multiple flu surveillance systems in place that monitor and track a variety of flu strains, including HPAI H5N1, year-round. The nation’s influenza detection systems, which are designed to detect novel viruses, have tested tens of thousands of specimens since February alone. Things are not escalating.

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Have smartphones and ubiquitous internet access affected sedentary time among children and adolescents?

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

However, few countries have similar physical activity surveillance systems, and even fewer have data from before the 2007 advent of smartphones. Most current physical activity surveillance systems are therefore unlikely to fully capture real changes in human movement behaviour across the lifespan.