Media Scanning as a Supplemntal tool to Disease Outbreak Reporting und)er IDSP-IndiaAn event based surveillance Project (IDSP).
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2009-12
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Media scanning & verification cell (MSVC) was established on 24th July
2008 under IDSP at National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Delhi
for providing supplemental information on early detection of outbreaks
in India so that a timely and an appropriate action can be taken. Since then
the system is working efficiently and has detected many outbreaks before
the conventional system in their incipient stages and helped in their
containments at early stages. Media scanning & verification cell is an
“Early Warning System” (EWS) that gathers preliminary reports of public
health significance on a real time basis and immediately disseminate the
information to the users electronically for verification. This unique
system monitors Global and National Media sources such as National and
Regional print media, news on internet, websites, news channels and
news shared by partners like Global Public Health Intelligence Network
(GPHIN), Canada, WHO and other International and national agencies.
Media scanning & verification cell is managed by trained Epidemiologists
and Public Health Consultants working in Central Surveillance Unit of
IDSP. The major part of work is manual with two rounds of screening by
experts that fulfills issues regarding quality assurance.
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Media Scanning and Verification Cell, Early warning Signals, IDSP
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Sharma Rajeev, Ratnesh L, Singh Pankaj K, Dhariwal A C, Ichhupujari R L. Media Scanning as a Supplemntal tool to Disease Outbreak Reporting und)er IDSP-IndiaAn event based surveillance Project (IDSP). Journal of Communicable Diseases. 2009 Dec; 41(4): 257-262.