ESCAIDE, Plenary session B Performance, efficiency and added value of syndromic surveillance: a critical analysis. JC Desenclos Département des Maladies Infectieuses, Institut de Veille Sanitaire Stokholm, October 18 2007
Definition & objectives of syndromic suveillance ”Real time collection, process, analysis and feed back of health care data available prior or independent of disease diagnosis” In order to: identify unexpected health events identify defined events (more rapidly ?) monitor the impact of a recognized exposure/event reassure during threats or in case of rumors …
Rationale of syndromic surveillance Adapted from Henning KJ, MMWR 2004, 53 (Suppl) Event
Objective & content of the session Review experiences of national syndromic surveillance in several European countries rationale, organisation, outputs… difficulties, efficiency… interaction with, and added value to, traditional surveillance performance & future needs ? Three presentations Gillian Smith & Duncan Cooper, Health Protection Agency, UK. Lessons learned from implementing a syndromic surveillance system for England and Wales using calls to a telephone help line Cees van den Wijngaard - RIVM, The Netherlands. Dutch experience in evaluating syndromic surveillance Loic Josseran, Institut de Veille Sanitaire, France. Real time monitoring of mortality during a health hazards: lessons learned during the 2006 heat wave in France and the Chikungunya epidemic in la Réunion