Public Health and infectious diseases
10 important questions on Public Health and infectious diseases
What is the main data gathering systems?
- Notifiable diseases: diseases that must be reported/notified (in 48 hours) by doctors or laboratory.
- Population survey: going into the community and ask people about their illness
Besides data gathering what is an important task of public health?
What kind of intervention can public health introduce?
- Direct
Isolation (ill people)
Vaccination
Treatment (compulsory)
- Indirect
Food etc
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So with notifiable diseases what is important in this?
First in 1947 => revisions of the list of diseases, when you get new diseases.
Which new act was made because of the pandemic 2020?
- Health (preservation and protection and other emergency measures in the public interest) act.
- Statutory instruments (amendments of the law, you dont need to go to the parlement)
What was possible because of the health act 2020?
What belongs to the statutory instruments?
- Face covering
- Detention of someone (quarantine)
Who is the medical officer of health?
- Legal functions
- Obligation when there is an outbreak
Who gets all the information of diseases? Do you have to inform these instances?
Early warning and response system (EWRS) (EU)
Yes, you most inform all the instances.
What was very important in testing and registration during covid?
UK did not have this system.
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