The global public health intelligence network and early warning outbreak detection - A Canadian contribution to global public health
The global public health intelligence network and early warning outbreak detection - A Canadian contribution to global public health
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DOI：
10.1007/bf03405213
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Weir, L
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作者：
Mykhalovskiy, E;Weir, L
最近的SARS疫情再次引起了人们对传染病全球传播的广泛关注。在这篇评论中，我们通过关注加拿大对该领域的重要贡献-全球公共卫生情报网络（GPHIN），探索全球传染病监测的新方法。GPHIN是一个尖端的倡议，利用互联网的能力和新提供的24/7全球新闻报道的卫生事件，创造一个独特的形式的早期预警爆发detection.This评论概述了GPHIN的操作和发展，并比较它的ProMED邮件，另一个基于互联网的全球卫生监测的方法。我们认为，GPHIN创造了一个重要的转变，在公共卫生和新闻信息的关系。通过退出官方报告的金字塔，GPHIN创造了一种新的监测技术，打破了疫情通知的国界，同时为全球疫情应对创造了新的可能性。通过将新闻纳入全球传染病监测的新兴机制，全球公共卫生信息网有效地应对了全球媒体对各国官方报告疫情的挑战，并提高了国际公共卫生的有效性和可信度。
The recent SARS epidemic has renewed widespread concerns about the global transmission of infectious diseases. In this commentary, we explore novel approaches to global infectious disease surveillance through a focus on an important Canadian contribution to the area - the Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN). GPHIN is a cutting-edge initiative that draws on the capacity of the Internet and newly available 24/7 global news coverage of health events to create a unique form of early warning outbreak detection.This commentary outlines the operation and development of GPHIN and compares it to ProMED-mail, another Internet-based approach to global health surveillance. We argue that GPHIN has created an important shift in the relationship of public health and news information. By exiting the pyramid of official reporting, GPHIN has created a new monitoring technique that has disrupted national boundaries of outbreak notification, while creating new possibilities for global outbreak response. By incorporating news within the emerging apparatus of global infectious disease surveillance, GPHIN has effectively responded to the global media's challenge to official country reporting of outbreak and enhanced the effectiveness and credibility of international public health.