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National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW)

Surveillance in Epidemiology

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About the Course

Purpose: Surveillance is the backbone of any disease control programme, even if the disease may not of infectious origin. This unit provides the theoretical background for setting up a surveillance system. It covers the purposes and elements of surveillance, and its scope.

Time: Three hours

Author: Dr Archana Chowdhury (MD – Community Medicine), Epidemiologist, ITS-NIHFW, New Delhi

Prerequisite: This unit should not be studied before the Unit on “Uses of Epidemiology” of the course in Epidemiology