PHWR Public Health Weekly Report

Vol.17 No.38, October 02, 2024 Article TypePublic Health IssuesQuickStatsSurveillance Reports

• Surveillance Reports 2024-10-02

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  Introduction of Respiratory Infectious Disease Sentinel Surveillance Systems and Assessment Results

  Hyeri Choi, Jeongok Cha, Yejin Seo, Junghee Hyun, Inho Kim, Jinseon Yang*

  Public Health Weekly Report 2024; 17(38): 1611-1624 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2024.17.38.1

  

  

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  The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency operates a sentinel surveillance system for major respiratory infections such as influenza, a class 4 infectious disease, in accordance with the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Act (hereinafter referred to as the Infectious Disease Prevention Act). Accordingly, to systematically evaluate the performance, quality of data, and usefulness of the respiratory infectious disease sentinel surveillance system and seek future development directions, a research service was provided to evaluate the adequacy of the operation of the respiratory infectious disease sentinel surveillance system from August 2023 to February 2024. In order to evaluate the sensitivity of the surveillance system, the correlation coefficient was high in the Pearson’s correlation analysis between the number of reported cases of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus among the sentinel surveillance data and the number of claims for the corresponding diseases (excluding duplicates) from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, indicating excellent sensitivity. In addition, the representativeness was examined through a correlation analysis between the number of sentinel surveillance medical institutions by administrative district and the number of appropriate surveillance institutions according to the population ratio and the current number of surveillance institutions, and this was also evaluated as having excellent representativeness due to a high correlation coefficient. Based on this, considering that various respiratory infectious diseases will occur regularly in the future, it is necessary to continuously improve and strengthen the respiratory infectious disease sentinel surveillance system, such as by expanding the number of sentinel surveillance institutions.

• Public Health Issues 2024-10-02

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  2024 World Sepsis Day

  Sae-Rom Choi, Joosun Lee, Sook-kyung Park*, The Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine

  Public Health Weekly Report 2024; 17(38): 1625-1632 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2024.17.38.2

  

  

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  According to the World Health Organization, sepsis is a major public health problem that affects approximately 49 million people worldwide every year and causes approximately 11 million deaths, accounting for 20% of all deaths worldwide. To raise awareness, September 13th was designated as World Sepsis Day, and various activities, such as education initiatives and campaigns, are conducted every year in countries worldwide. To commemorate World Sepsis Day in the Republic of Korea, the Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine held a symposium on September 6th with the theme “Improvement of Sepsis Awareness and Management Strategy.” The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency plans to continue its efforts to reduce the incidence of and mortality due to sepsis in cooperation with the Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine.

• QuickStats 2024-10-02

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  Trends in the Proportion of People Who Used the Nutrition Facts Label When Purchasing Processed Foods, 2013–2022

  Public Health Weekly Report 2024; 17(38): 1633-1634 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2024.17.38.3

  

  

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