scholarly journals The Global Infectious Diseases Epidemic Information Monitoring System：an effective tool for travel health management in China (Preprint)

10.2196/24204 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dayong Gu ◽  
Jianan He ◽  
Jie Sun ◽  
Xin Shi ◽  
Ying Ye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Travel Health ◽  
Information Monitoring

scholarly journals The Global Infectious Diseases Epidemic Information Monitoring System—a tool for travel health management (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruiling Dong ◽  
Jianan He ◽  
Jie Sun ◽  
Xin Shi ◽  
Ying Ye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Health Staff ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Web Crawler ◽  
Travel Health ◽  
Information Monitoring

BACKGROUND Obtaining comprehensive epidemic information for the targeted global infection disease is crucial for travel health. However, different infectious disease information websites may have various purposes which may lead misunderstanding for travelers and travel health staff for the accurate epidemic control and managmement. OBJECTIVE Developed A Global Infectious Diseases Epidemic Information Monitoring System (GIDEIMS)，in order to get comprehensive and timely global epidemic information. METHODS Distributed web crawler and cloud agent acceleration technology are used to automatically collect epidemic information for more than 200 infectious diseases from 26 established epidemic websites and Baidu news. Natural language processing and in-depth learning technology have been developed to intelligently process epidemic information collected in 28 languages. Currently, the GIDEIMS presents world epidemic information using a geographical map, including date, disease name and reported cases of different countries , epidemic situations in China, etc. RESULTS In order to make a practical assessment of the GIDEIMS, on July 16, 2019, We checked infectious disease data collected from GIDEIMS and other websites. Compared with the Global Incident Map and Outbreak News Today, GIDEIMS provided more comprehensive information on human infectious diseases. GIDEIMS is currently used in the Health Quarantine Department of Shenzhen Customs District (Shenzhen, China), and is recommended to the Health Quarantine Administrative Department of the General Administration of Customs (China) and travel health-related departments. CONCLUSIONS GIDEIMS provides a helpful tool for travelers and travel health management staff with travel health management.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice among Egyptian Travelers: Pre-travel Vaccination and Malaria Prophylaxis

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-136
Author(s):  
Engy Mohamed El-Ghitany ◽  
Mohamed Abdelsalam Mohamed Abdelmohsen ◽  
Azza Galal Farghaly ◽  
Ensaf Saied Abd El-Gawwad ◽  
Ekram Wassim Abd El-Wahab
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Older Age ◽  
General Attitude ◽  
Malaria Chemoprophylaxis ◽  
Travel Health ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Prophylactic Measures ◽  
Main Barrier ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Introduction: More than one third of travelers to developing countries report health problems when traveling. The Egyptian Ministry of Health reports the occurrence of 400 cases of malarial infection yearly among Egyptian travelers. This article aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of Egyptian travelers towards infectious diseases, vaccination, and malaria chemoprophylaxis. Methods: A survey was conducted at Cairo International Airport and included 1500 travelers. The questionnaire inquired about the travelers’ knowledge about infectious diseases at their destinations and their KAP regarding vaccination, malaria, and its prophylaxis. Results: Most travelers (68%) had poor knowledge, specifically; 90.2%, 85.6%, 88.5% did not know the endemic diseases at their destinations, the modes of disease transmission, or the protective measures against disease, respectively. Knowledge about malaria prevalence, symptoms, modes of transmission, and prevention was good in only 18%, 29.8%, 6.7%, and 21.4% of travelers, respectively. Poor practice of malaria prophylactic measures was found in 66.3% of travelers. Although 91.3% did not receive any vaccination, the general attitude towards vaccination was good. The total travel health knowledge, practice, general attitude toward vaccination, and the perceived benefits of malarial prophylaxis scores were significantly correlated with older age and high socioeconomic level. Most of the studied travelers (90.4%) did not carry or use malaria chemoprophylaxis. Ignorance was the main barrier to receiving vaccines (65.3%) and to adherence to malaria chemoprophylaxis (88.3%). Conclusion: Egyptian travelers have poor travel health knowledge and practices. Their knowledge and practice scores improve with older age, urban residence, and higher educational levels. They have a good attitude towards vaccination, and ignorance was the main barrier to sound practices.

Geographical Pattern of Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention for Travellers

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desmond Hsu ◽  
Zahir Osman Eltahir Babiker
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Migratory Birds ◽  
Sunshine Duration ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Travel ◽  
Travel Health ◽  
Health Advice ◽  
Visiting Friends And Relatives ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
Key Aspects

Infectious diseases are transmitted either directly from person to person via direct contact or droplet exposure, or indirectly through a vector organism (mosquito or tick) or a non-biological physical vehicle (soil or water). Vector-borne infectious diseases are highly influenced by climate factors such as temperature, precipitation, altitude, sunshine duration, and wind. Therefore, climate change is a major threat for the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases, e.g. re-emergence of dengue fever in some parts of southern Europe. The natural reservoirs of infectious diseases are either humans (anthroponoses) or animals (zoonoses). Population movement due to travel or civil unrest risks introducing non-immune populations to regions that are endemic for certain infectious diseases. By contrast, global trade contributes to the movement of animals or arthropods across the world and this poses a major risk for introducing infectious diseases to previously non-endemic settings, e.g. rats on board commercial ships and the global spread of hantaviruses; international trade in used car tyres and the risk of introducing flavivirus-infected mosquitoes into non-endemic settings; and the contribution of migratory birds to the introduction and the spread of West Nile virus in the United States. The unprecedented growth of international travel facilitates the swift movement of pathogens by travellers from one region to another. The main determinants of travel-related infections are destination country, activities undertaken during travel, and pre-existing morbidities. Therefore, the pre-travel consultation aims to assess potential health hazards associated with the trip, give advice on appropriate preventative measures, and educate the traveller about their own health. Attitudes towards seeking pre-travel health advice vary by the type of traveller. For example, those visiting friends and relatives (VFRs) in their country of origin are less likely to seek pre-travel health advice compared to tourists and therefore stand a higher chance of presenting with preventable infections such as malaria. The key aspects of a pre-travel consultation include: ● comprehensive risk assessment based on the demographic and clinical background of the traveller as well as the region of travel and itinerary.

The Uncertainty Analysis of Health Management Strategies for Aero-Engines

2012 ◽  
Vol 201-202 ◽  
pp. 34-38
Author(s):  
Zhen Hua Wen ◽  
Xin Yin ◽  
Yuan Peng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Health Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Flight Safety ◽  
Diagnosis And Prognosis ◽  
Uncertainty Sources ◽  
Information Monitoring ◽  
Aero Engine ◽  
Aero Engines ◽  
Fault Diagnosis And Prognosis ◽  
Total Life

The Aero-Engine Is the Heart of an Aircraft and Critical to the Flight Safety and Economy, Health Management in Total Life Cycle for Aero-Engines Is an Effective Way and Is Popularly Employed to Balance the Economy and Safety. however, it Is Difficult to Make Appropriate Health Management Strategies for a Complex System, such as Aero-Engines. Firstly the Uncertainty Source of Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis System Is Explored. then the Primary Uncertainty Sources Including Condition Information, Monitoring and Detection Approaches, Signal Detection, Remaining Lifetime Prediction and Maintenance Strategy-Making, Are Analyzed in this Context. the Corresponding Tactics for Reducing Uncertainty Are Proposed in the Paper, which Provides Essential References for Assisting the Design for Health Management System.

scholarly journals Taiwan’s Successful COVID-19 Mitigation and Containment Strategy: Achieving Quasi Population Immunity

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Chien Chien ◽  
Christian K. Beÿ ◽  
Kristi L. Koenig
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Population Immunity ◽  
Containment Strategy ◽  
Local Transmission ◽  
Pharmaceutical Interventions

ABSTRACT The authors describe Taiwan’s successful strategy in achieving control of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) without economic shutdown, despite the prediction that millions of infections would be imported from travelers returning from Chinese New Year celebrations in Mainland China in early 2020. As of September 2, 2020, Taiwan reports 489 cases, 7 deaths, and no locally acquired COVID-19 cases for the last 135 days (greater than 4 months) in its population of over 23.8 million people. Taiwan created quasi population immunity through the application of established public health principles. These non-pharmaceutical interventions, including public masking and social distancing, coupled with early and aggressive identification, isolation, and contact tracing to inhibit local transmission, represent a model for optimal public health management of COVID-19 and future emerging infectious diseases.

scholarly journals The COVID-19 pandemic offers a key moment to reflect on travel medicine practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Hatz ◽  
Silja Bühler ◽  
Andrea Farnham
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Travel Medicine ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Medicine Research ◽  
Travel Health ◽  
Health Advice

COVID-19 provides an opportunity to review travel health advice priorities. Infectious and non-infectious diseases are key for travel medicine, Research is warranted to stimulate an evidence-based balance in what travel medicine experts communicate to their clients

scholarly journals Risk activities and pre-travel health seeking practices of notified cases of imported infectious diseases in Australia

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prakash Paudel ◽  
C. Raina ◽  
Nicholas Zwar ◽  
Holly Seale ◽  
Heather Worth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Travel Health

scholarly journals Pathogeography: leveraging the biogeography of human infectious diseases for global health management

Ecography ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (9) ◽  
pp. 1411-1427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kris A. Murray ◽  
Jesús Olivero ◽  
Benjamin Roche ◽  
Sonia Tiedt ◽  
Jean-Francois Guégan
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Management

scholarly journals Networking at global and community levels for control of diseases

2005 ◽  
Vol 04 (03) ◽  
pp. C03
Author(s):  
Indira Nath
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
The World ◽  
Fast Transport ◽  
Obesity Hypertension ◽  
Health Need

The world is facing an unprecedented situation in health management as fast transport and travel lead to spread of diseases at a rate that has not been seen before and into countries that had once conquered them. This is even more evident with infectious diseases which do not respect geopolitical barriers or economic progress. It is becoming increasingly clear that control of such diseases and good practices for public health need global sharing of knowledge and international cooperation. In addition networking of institutions involved in health care with the communities that they serve is fundamental to containing diseases and promoting good health. For reasons as yet unclear even non infectious diseases such as obesity, hypertension and diabetes are also increasing at an alarming rate globally. The advantages of international networking and timely communication which contained three diseases will be discussed in this article.

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