A Binational Influenza Surveillance Network - California/Baja California

Authors

  • Esmeralda Iniguez-Stevens EWIDS, California Department of Public Health
  • Sarah Marikos EWIDS, California Department of Public Health
  • Karen Ferran EWIDS, California Department of Public Health

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4594

Abstract

In response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, the Early Warning Infectious Disease Surveillance Program (EWIDS) from the Office of Binational Border Health California Department of Public Health, sought to strengthen outpatient ILI surveillance along the California/Baja California border region by creating a binational outpatient provider influenza surveillance network. Since the 2009-2010 influenza season the network monitors both syndromic and virologic influenza activity. The network serves as an example of a successful binational coordinated effort to establish an early warning system for enhancing situational awareness of influenza activity in a cross-border setting.

Author Biography

Esmeralda Iniguez-Stevens, EWIDS, California Department of Public Health

Dr. Esmeralda Iniguez-Stevens is an epidemiologist with the Early Warning Infectious Disease Surveillance Program. Her current work focuses on enhancing epidemiological surveillance for emerging and re-emerging infections, maintaining cross-border public health communications, and enhancing public health workforce capacity along the California/Baja-California border region. Her previous work includes mathematical modelling of HIV/AIDS, as well as domestic and international community-based research in chronic and infectious disease epidemiology.

Published

2013-03-24

How to Cite

Iniguez-Stevens, E., Marikos, S., & Ferran, K. (2013). A Binational Influenza Surveillance Network - California/Baja California. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4594

Issue

Section

Oral Presentations: Border Health/ Multi-jurisdictional Health