Question

With five examples, explain the role of disease notification in public health {20 marks}

Answer 1

Disease notification is a practice of reporting the occurence of a specific disease or health related condition to the appor priate and designated authority List of notifiable diseases with their causative organism are Disease Causative Pathogen Anthrax Bacillus anthracis Botulism Clostridium botulinum Cholera Vibrio cholerae Diphtheria Haemophilus influenza Plague Yersinia pestis: Rabies Rabies virus Smallpox Variola virus Typhoid Salmonella Typhi Typhus Rộ ckets a gº 0-1 zeki Yellow fever Yellow fever vious Notification can be made in writing, y email or by telephone to the MOHI DPH. Notify using the standard notification form Notification should be made by a medical practitioner as soon as he becomes aware of suspects that a person on whom he is in professional attendance is suffering from or is the carrier of an infectious disease This disease notification is of great public health, The information collected from doctors and laboratories is used to investigate outbreaks and prevent spread of infectione hence reducing further cases of disease. It is also used to examine disease epidemiology and implement and monitor interventions such as immunisation to protect public health