Disease Surveillance and Control After a Flood: Khartoum, Sudan, 1988

Following a flood in Khartoum, Sudan, emergency disease surveillance was implemented to monitor the health status of the population. Simple, symptom-oriented case definitions for diarrheal disease, measles, respiratory disease, malaria, and jaundice were included on the report form used to collect daily counts of outpatients in a sample of both temporary and permanent clinics located in areas of the city most affected by the flood. Data collected from major teaching hospitals allowed comparison of pre- and post-disaster levels of morbidity and mortality. In addition, special surveys collected information unobtainable from health facilities. Sentinel clinic surveillance data indicated that diarrheal disease accounted for the greatest number of clinic visits, while malaria was the second most common reason for seeking medical attention. Malaria blood smear surveys showed that the parasitemia prevalence ranged from 11% to 19% in the general population and from 21% to 46% among febrile clinic patients. Hospital admission data demonstrated an increase in morbidity from diarrhea and malaria in August 1988, when compared to previous months and August of the previous year, although it is uncertain whether this increase was due to the flood. Nutrition surveys demonstrated that 23% of young children were moderately or severely undernourished, with substantial variation by area of the city. No major outbreaks of communicable disease were detected in the 4 weeks after the flood. Disease surveillance provided data useful in identifying public health problems, setting priorities, targeting interventions and controlling rumors. Disease control measures taken by the Ministry of Health included provision of potable water, standardization of medical care, and distribution of immunizations, oral rehydration salts, and vitamin supplements to children.     

对重力势二阶垂直偏导数的一种新的取样方法

从目前的研究来看,二阶垂直导数(X和Y两个方向)的求解方法较简单,它采用的五个因子的数字滤波的最小二乘法来优化数据。但是在较小区域面积时(对工程和环境应用中的重力数据),重力异常很容易放大和被区域重力场掩盖,我们认为产生的缘由是表示重力场的x和y方向上的二次多项式引起的。因此,为了逼近重力水平方向的偏导可以设计一个好的滤波器来拟合在xy平面的重力场值,再得出想要的重力垂直方向偏导,文中最后对提出的方法在前人经典模型上和野外实践进行了验证。