New communicable disease notification system launched in Turkey

[Influenza A (H1N1)--a new communicable disease].

The Survey Effectiveness of Active Method in Communicable Disease Surveillance

Background and purpose: Surveillance is a system of continuing health checks, is considered as a critical part of public health practice for planning and implantation of effective prevention and control interventions for communicable diseases in the region. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of an active method of data collection on the improvement of these d...

New children's vaccine initiative launched.

The international community has launched the Children's Vaccine Initiative, which has created the most ambitious grouping of public and private sector interests ever to tackle a global health issue. Developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank, and the Rockefeller Foundation, the initiative is the result of decisions taken at the World Summit for Children, held in New York in September 1990....

Non-communicable Disease Risk Factors Surveillance among Syrian Refugees Living in Turkey

Priorities for communicable disease control in New South Wales, 2003.

The control of communicable diseases is a core function of government, which must be achieved through collaboration with clinicians, laboratory scientists, affected communities, and other government and community-based agencies. Changes in environmental and social conditions, and the development of new prevention technologies, influence the incidence of communicable diseases and the community’s...