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Volume 19, Number 11—November 2013
Research

Mobile Phone–based Syndromic Surveillance System, Papua New Guinea

Alexander RosewellComments to Author , Berry Ropa, Heather Randall, Rosheila Dagina, Samuel Hurim, Sibauk Bieb, Siddhartha Datta, Sundar Ramamurthy, Glen Mola, Anthony B. Zwi, Pradeep Ray, and C. Raina MacIntyre
Author affiliations: World Health Organization, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (A. Rosewell, H. Randall, S. Datta); University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (A. Rosewell, A.B. Zwi, P. Ray, C.R. MacIntyre); National Department of Health, Port Moresby (B. Ropa, R. Dagina, S. Hurim, S. Bieb); Datanets, Port Moresby (S. Ramamurthy); University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby (G. Mola)

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Table 1

Objectives and targeted syndromes for mobile phone–based syndromic surveillance system pilot, Papua New Guinea, 2011

System objectives
Identify acute public health events in a timely way
Provide reassurance when events are not identified during 
an elevated risk period
Establish baseline data for syndromes of public health 
importance
Strengthen links between clinical services and outbreak 
response
Complement information generated through the event-based 
reporting system
Syndromes under surveillance
Influenza-like illness
Acute watery diarrhea
Bloody diarrhea
Prolonged fever
Acute flaccid paralysis
Acute fever and rash
Hemorrhagic fever
Outbreaks or clusters of unexplained severe disease or deaths

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