Notifiable Disease Surveillance
Thursday 18th March 2010
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Notifiable Disease Surveillance
The Notifiable Disease Surveillance system in New Zealand currently covers about 50 diseases for which reporting by medical practitioners is mandatory.EpiSurv
Notifiable disease surveillance activities in New Zealand are split between local and national authorities. The Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) co-ordinates the operation of the national notifiable disease surveillance database 'EpiSurv' on behalf of the Ministry of Health, providing quality surveillance information.
- Notifiable disease information is entered on an ESR-developed web-based application at the Public Health Services in New Zealand and analysed at ESR. Key data fields collected include case demographics, clinical features and risk factors. Surveillance data is disseminated through a variety of outputs, of which many are accessible through Surveillance Reports. The data in these reports contributes to development of policy and intervention initiatives at the national level, as well as providing local authorities with timely and accurate information about diseases of national importance. ESR provides specific national data on request. Any queries regarding notifiable disease surveillance data may be sent to survqueries@esr.cri.nz.
- ESR maintains the functional capability of the EpiSurv database and provides advice and training on the use of the system.
- ESR continually seeks to enhance the value of information available from EpiSurv. Ongoing projects in Notifiable Disease Surveillance aim to establish systems for the progressive integration of EpiSurv notification data with selected laboratory and hazard data sources, and enhance surveillance data quality through the development and implementation of a quality assurance and a performance measurement programme.
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