- 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
