Public Health Surveillance and Global Challenges: Weeks 7 & 8 Journal

This assignment comprises journal entries reflecting on public health surveillance, natural disasters, armed conflicts, and communicable diseases. Week 7 focuses on the impact of natural disasters and armed conflicts on global health, highlighting their role in increasing mortality and morbidity rates. It discusses various types of natural disasters, their causes, and examples like the Haiti earthquake and Cyclone Nargis, while also addressing the displacement of people due to conflicts and resource competition. Week 8 explores surveillance systems for communicable diseases, specifically those reported in Communicable Diseases Intelligence in 2016. It details the roles of national infectious disease surveillance, including monitoring disease control programs, identifying trends, and guiding policy development. The journal also examines specific surveillance schemes like the Australian Child Immunization Register and arbovirus/malaria surveillance, concluding with an overview of mechanisms employed by surveillance departments to manage communicable diseases.