Senin, 05 September 2011

EWARS, The New Surveillance Weekly Report

EWARS, The New Surveillance Weekly Report in South Sulawesi Indonesia


Definition
EWARS (Early Warning Alerts and Response System) is a software that can display "alert" or early warning for 22 kinds of potential disease outbreaks, if there was an increase of cases exceeds the threshold value of a region.

Objectives
The objective of EWARS is to detect and response every outbreak potential disease rapidly and timely, so there will be no wider public health problem occur.

Background
Early warning outbreak System (SKD-KLB) is an awareness of potential disease outbreaks and the factors that influence it by applying the epidemiology and surveillance technology used to improve the responsiveness of preparedness, efforts and countermeasures outbreaks quickly and precisely. The average of timeliness for weekly report in 2005-2009 was 65%.

Method
The process of sending report were carried out every week and in each level, starting from data collection at the sub health centers, village midwives and Private Clinics, the health center, district level, provincial and central level. Data received at the health center, then forwarded to the district / city level via SMS standardized, whereas at the district level, provincial and central level have been available EWARS. The results will be displayed from this system in the form of tables, graphs and maps.