Objectives

- Describe the characteristics of influenza viruses, and the disease they cause - List the objectives of public health surveillance and influenza surveillance - Review the common types of surveillance and the types used for influenza surveillance - Understand the need to intensify SARI surveillance - Discuss how influenza surveillance data are used - Understand the case definition for severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and the principle etiologic agents of SARI - Compare SARI case definition to that of influenza-like illness (ILI) - Understand the methods used to identify SARI cases, types of clinical samples to collect and what data are to be reported - Describe the surveillance steps from case identification to collection of epidemiologic information - Organize, compile and assess the data collected - Understand the uses of absolute and relative measures - Describe the seven key SARI indicators - Interpret the recommended outputs for SARI indicators - Construct tables and graphs to illustrate proportions and distributions - Interpret tables and figures to analyze trends - Understand the roles and responsibilities for intensified national SARI surveillance - Describe the information flow related to intensified national SARI surveillance

Description

The course consists of:
Lesson 1. Part A:
Overview of Influenza Lesson 1. Part B:
Influenza Surveillance Lesson 2: Implementing Intensified National SARI Surveillance Lesson 3: Data Analysis: Using Tables and Graphs to Present Surveillance Data Lesson 4: Organizing the Intensified National Surveillance System

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