Surveillance system being tested

Canadian Medical Association Journal 1996; 154: 879

The Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) -- a CMA affiliate -- and Health Canada's Laboratory Centre for Disease Control are undertaking a pilot project to establish a pediatric surveillance system to monitor rare diseases. All pediatricians in Canada will be sent a prepaid postcard each month for indicating if they have seen any cases of acute flaccid paralysis, congenital rubella syndrome and group B streptococcal infection in the newborn. The surveillance program, which requires a 90% response rate, is based on a successful system established in England.

| CMAJ March 15, 1996 (vol 154, no 6) |