AGENCY TESTIMONY
Global nature of public health and disease surveillance systems
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Dr. Morse emphasizes the global nature of public health challenges and the importance of comprehensive disease surveillance systems. She explains how these systems work to monitor and respond to health threats across borders.
- Highlights that public health issues are global and not constrained by borders
- Describes the health department's strong system of disease surveillance
- Explains the process of disease investigation, including data collection and analysis
- Emphasizes the importance of these systems in identifying outbreaks and informing prevention strategies
Dr. Michelle Morse
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I underscore the last point because public public health is global.
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Communicable disease is not constrained by borders.
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From HIV to COVID nineteen, we have seen time and time again just how quickly local public health challenges can become global crises.
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Our health department has a strong system of disease surveillance which is population level practice of data collection and analysis.
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Surveillance systems are used to establish and monitor patterns of disease, identify outbreaks, and inform strategies for prevention and control.
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The larger system is paired with the work of disease investigation.
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This is the process of collecting information about a person or a group of people who have suspected or confirmed cases of infectious disease.
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Investigations can include interviews with the impacted person and their health care provider, reviews of medical records, and contact tracing.