Wai Phyo Aung

Hi Jenny,
Thank for sharing PHEIC Measles! I also agree it because it is kind of vaccine preventable disease and can be outbreak if child did not receive full dose vaccination as per regime.

Thank you Siri!! For sharing the opinion, I got the points about trusting issue and people concern in privacy.

Dear Ama,

Thank you for the discussion!! I agree your points, all of perspectives are needed to improve and strengthen in our country. 😀 🙂

The roadmap is structured with five core themes: 1) Team, 2) Transparency and Trust, 3) Technology, 4) Techquity, and 5)Transformation. Based on the articles, the five core themes are prescribed with the following perspective.
1) Team
Collaboration between stakeholders in health teams should be prioritized during pandemics and should promote the…[Read more]

Could you list the disease outbreaks that have been declared as the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)?
The list of diseases that declared as PHEIC as below;
1) In 2009; H1N1 Pandemic,
2) In 2014; Ebola virus in western Africa
3) In 2016, Zika Virus Epidemic
4) In 2019 & 2020; COVID-19 Pandemic

Why do these outbreaks…[Read more]

1) ) Which single design limitation most threatens valid estimates of sensitivity and representativeness? How would you address it within six weeks?
Single design limitation threatens the validity of sensitivity and representatives. In the articles, the main problem is under-reporting of AEFI cases. It can affect the sensitivity for being…[Read more]

How could information technology be applied to assist the outbreak investigation process?
Information technology could assist in many aspect of an outbreak investigation.
1) In verification and preparation step;
IT can facilitate in real time data collection of data to calculate the magnitude of it. It can support insightful information for…[Read more]

Dear Bro,

Thanks for sharing your opinion! It makes sense and agree that we could start ACF to the community when the cases reach the point of threshold level.

Dear Ama Wah,

I totally agree and got your point. We also rely on social media announced post during C-19 period from Ministry of Health.

Dear Ko Aung,

Thanks for sharing it, I also learned that point from the article. It is really interesting and effective technology to track contact tracing.

After reading the article, I learned about the importance of surveillance in responding pandemic disease COVID-19. The technology plays a pivotal role in surveillance. In the article, It highlighted the usages of technology in
1) digital epidemiological surveillance (web-based online syndromic , 2) Rapid case identification (febrile checking…[Read more]

1. How can surveillance help to detect and control the disease?
Surveillance is the effective method to detect case early because late identification may cause serious impact in dengue. It is highly infectious disease and can be public emergency condition. A good surveillance system can detect the cases and help to develop control measures as…[Read more]

Dear Jenny,

Thanks for sharing!! I gained new knowledge about WHO sharing and reuse guideline especially decision table and considering procedure.

Dear Ama Wah,
Thanks for sharing!!! de-identification of patients information is such a good idea.

I absolutely agree and got your point!! Thanks Salin!!

Yes, I totally agree the right to self-determination. Thanks Ama Wah!!

1) Should you give the data out?
• I will decide not to provide the requested data because it will violate the general principle of informatics ethnic privacy of information. Their requested data is too risky and easily detected the identity of patient like home address and contact list. It is totally against the informatics ethnic without c…[Read more]

Based on provided scenario;
What should I do?
• As a health information professional, I haven’t right to tell my friend about his husband information according to privacy of the patient. I must keep all patient information as confidential.

Can you interfere with other people or family issue?
• No, I am not allowed to disrupt patient per…[Read more]

Let me share the changes in way of distribution in flood response to ensure effectives of support to the affected community. I am responsible to report the data timely and make sure the accountability corner to get the feedback directly from the beneficiaries regarding distribution. I am the new role in the team, previously they distributed the…[Read more]

Dear Ama Wah,

Thanks for sharing! Yes, Lack of funding is the same scenario for failure of the system. 🙁 🙁