TY - JOUR
T1 - Combating infectious diseases in the Pacific Islands
T2 - Sentinel surveillance, environmental health, and geospatial tools
AU - Lau, Colleen
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - Infectious diseases are responsible for significant disease burden in the Pacific Islands. Environmental drivers of disease transmission and public health challenges vary between diseases, at times of emergence versus outbreaks, and also during the last stages of elimination where prevalence is low. In order to more effectively combat infectious diseases in the region, innovative approaches such as sentinel surveillance, environmental monitoring, the use of geospatial tools should be explored.
AB - Infectious diseases are responsible for significant disease burden in the Pacific Islands. Environmental drivers of disease transmission and public health challenges vary between diseases, at times of emergence versus outbreaks, and also during the last stages of elimination where prevalence is low. In order to more effectively combat infectious diseases in the region, innovative approaches such as sentinel surveillance, environmental monitoring, the use of geospatial tools should be explored.
KW - Environmental health
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Infectious diseases
KW - Pacific Islands
KW - Public health
KW - Tropical medicine
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84898665072&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1515/reveh-2014-0028
DO - 10.1515/reveh-2014-0028
M3 - Article
SN - 0048-7554
VL - 29
SP - 113
EP - 117
JO - Reviews on Environmental Health
JF - Reviews on Environmental Health
IS - 1-2
ER -