Notifiable diseases: Testing and treating every case to get ahead of the curve

IF 1.4 3区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-21 DOI:10.1002/app5.331

Marie Lamy, Amita Chebbi, Rittika Datta, Phone Si Hein, Chris Erwin G. Mercado, Steve Mellor, Gao Qi, Geoff Clark

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Abstract

This article explains how making a disease notifiable by law is a core component of a robust and well-functioning health system. Mechanisms to rapidly detect and report existing or emerging infectious diseases in a timely manner are key to disease control and elimination. Using malaria in Asia-Pacific as a case in point, we explore different policy considerations involved in making malaria a notifiable disease. These include the timing of legislative changes at different stages of elimination, investing in adequate infrastructure for a robust surveillance system that can support targeted interventions, and the importance of involving all sectors in the delivery of malaria services to detect, report and respond to every case. The article explains how frameworks to report on notifiable diseases, in this case malaria, contribute to improved regional health security.

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法定疾病:检测和治疗每一个病例，以取得领先地位

这篇文章解释了如何使一种疾病依法通报是一个健全和运转良好的卫生系统的核心组成部分。及时迅速发现和报告现有或新出现的传染病的机制是控制和消除疾病的关键。以亚太地区的疟疾为例，我们探讨了使疟疾成为一种法定疾病所涉及的不同政策考虑。这些问题包括在消除疟疾的不同阶段修改立法的时机，投资建设足够的基础设施，建立能够支持有针对性干预措施的健全监测系统，以及让所有部门参与提供疟疾服务以发现、报告和应对每一个病例的重要性。这篇文章解释了报告法定疾病(这里是疟疾)的框架如何有助于改善区域卫生安全。

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Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies AREA STUDIES-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

5.30%

发文量

审稿时长

6 weeks

期刊介绍： Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies is the flagship journal of the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University. It is a peer-reviewed journal that targets research in policy studies in Australia, Asia and the Pacific, across a discipline focus that includes economics, political science, governance, development and the environment. Specific themes of recent interest include health and education, aid, migration, inequality, poverty reduction, energy, climate and the environment, food policy, public administration, the role of the private sector in public policy, trade, foreign policy, natural resource management and development policy. Papers on a range of topics that speak to various disciplines, the region and policy makers are encouraged. The goal of the journal is to break down barriers across disciplines, and generate policy impact. Submissions will be reviewed on the basis of content, policy relevance and readability.