European Occupational Health Series : Year 1993; Prevention in Primary Care, Centre for Environmental and Health, Report No. 092 (S): Summary Report Consultation on Guidelines for Monitoring Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution (World Health Organization/UNEP Joint Project, Med POL Phase II)

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Title:	European Occupational Health Series : Year 1993; Prevention in Primary Care, Centre for Environmental and Health, Report No. 092 (S): Summary Report Consultation on Guidelines for Monitoring Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution (World Health Organization/UNEP Joint Project, Med POL Phase II)
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
The Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) of the World Health Organization (WO) convened an Intercountry Meeting on the Uses of Epidemiology for Disease Prevention and Control from 13 to 16 September 1992, in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS 1 . INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . OBJECTIVES OF MEETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 . EMRO COLLABORATION WITH MEMBER STATES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SERVICES/SURVEILLANCE . . . . . . . . . 3 3.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3.2Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3.3 Guidelines on Epidemiological Surveillance . . . . . . 4 3.4 Preparedness and Response to Emergencies . . . . . . . 4 4 . COUNTRY PRESENTATIONS ON SURVEILLANCE OF DISEASES . . . . 5 5 . ROUTINE HEALTH SERVICES STATISTICS: WAYS OF IMPROVING THE USEFULNESS OF THIS INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 5.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 5.2 Routine Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5.3 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 6 . ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF A NATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL . . 24 6.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 6.2 Objectives of Surveillance . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 6.3 Components of a Surveillance System . . . . . . . . . . 25 6.4 Elements of Surveillance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 6.5 Monitoring and Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 7 . USES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY FOR DISEASE CONTROL . . . . . . . . . 29 7.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 7.2 Malaria Control in Zaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 7.3 Injury Control in Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 7.4 Conclusion$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 8 . FIELD TRAINING IN EPIDEMIOLOGY FOR DISTRICT HEALTH MANAGERS 32 8.1 The Epidemiological Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 8.2 The Training Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 8.3 The Liverpool . Epidemiology Programme . . . . . . . . . 34 9. PANEL DISCUSSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 10 . RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Annexes 1 . Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . Programme of Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . List of Participants