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Sub-regional training sessions in public health surveillance 

From 1998 to 2001, as part of the PPHSN, SPC run two series of sub-regional training sessions in public health surveillance. The first series was on the basics of public health surveillance, and the use of Epi Info 6 in surveillance; the second series covered the investigation of outbreaks and advanced use of Epi Info 6. 

As part of the PPHSN, the overall objective of these training sessions was to help building a critical mass of health professionals, who share a common set of abilities (tools and methods) for public health surveillance. The two week-long sessions were designed to introduce the practice of public health surveillance and the use of Epi Info 6 software for public health surveillance to the participants. 

The first week of training made the participants familiar with: 

  the concepts of public health surveillance, 

  the methodology for selecting communicable diseases and priority health indicators for surveillance, 

  designing an operational plan for the surveillance of communicable diseases, 

  some of the skills needed to use Epi Info 6 for surveillance. 

The objectives of the second week were: 

  to understand the respective domains of epidemiology, public health surveillance and outbreak management (including information dissemination for action), 

  to be able to plan and perform the various stages of outbreak investigation (going as far as the descriptive stage of the investigation and generating hypotheses regarding the risks). 

  to be able to develop appropriate surveillance systems based on the use of aggregated epidemiological data, and to be familiar with aggregated data processing and analysis using Epi Info 6 to generate relevant surveillance reports. 

to become familiar with the new information and communication technologies tools for public health surveillance (including e-mail, PACNET and Internet use). 

The training programme based on these first two sessions is also available on request and à la carte at country or territory level. SPC has already received a couple of requests from Pacific Island countries for this kind of tailored training. 

A third session is planned with a focus on training in advanced outbreak investigation (testing hypotheses and comparing them with facts, i.e. analytical epidemiology) and further advanced use of Epi Info 6. 

The third training module has been developed in 2001. It is adaptable for distance learning over the World Wide Web. (>>for more information on this new module)

Sub-regional training workshop on advanced training in the practice of Public Health Surveillance and the use of EpiInfo 6 software - session 2 

This training session includes the following themes:

Surveillance principles:

Use of Epi-Info software:

Dates

French-speaking countries

English-speaking countries

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Sub-regional basic training worshop on public health surveillance and the use of Epi INFO 6 software - Session 1

The objectives of this training workshop is to introduce participants to public health surveillance, in particular, the selection of priorities in this area, and to the use of EpiINFO 6 software.

English-speaking countries

French-speaking countries

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