Role of media scanning and verification system as a supplemental tool to disease outbreak detection & reporting under integrated disease surveillance project (IDSP)-India

摘要

Background: Media scanning can supplement conventional disease surveillance systems to more rapidly detect outbreaks so that timely and appropriate action can be taken. To address this need in India a Media Scanning & Verification Cell (MSVC) was established on July 2008 under the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) at the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Delhi.