[PDF] Critical Event Investigation Tools

What do we mean by an event?

An event requires an action; determining the specific type of action requires a risk assesment step. GLOBAL SECURITY: HEALTH, SCIENCE AND POLICY 3 typically do not have medical training (Table 1). CBS programmes need active, sustained engagement from the local public health unit responsible for CHWs to

What is event-based surveillance?

ABSTRACT Event-based surveillance (EBS) is the organised approach to the detection and reporting of ‘signals,’ defined as information that may represent events of public health importance, often through channels outside of routine surveillance systems. Signals can be designed to detect

What factors determine whether an event is considered a novel event?

This activity will depend in large part on several factors, including whether or not the event is resulting in severe cases or deaths, the size of the event, the point in the arc of the event when it is discovered, and whether or not the event is thought to represent a novel occurrence,

What are high-level and low-level response events?

high-level response (e.g, events that suggest the presence of cholera or viral haemorrhagic disease) and those that can be investigated and handled at a lower level (e.g, a localised cluster of mild food-borne illness). In the initial development of an EBS, countries