Table 1 Proposed enhanced surveillance measures for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 in Germany and number of district health authorities (n = 9) in agreement with the measure, pre-event needs assessment, March 2011
Surveillance measure | No. of district health authorities in agreement (n = 9) |
|---|---|
WITH majority agreement | |
Pre-event creation of network among public health stakeholders | 5 |
Daily (Monday to Friday) transmission of infectious disease notifications | 5 |
Regular feedback report of districts’ infectious disease notifications | 6 |
Regular summary report of World Cup-relevant national/international epidemiological events* | 8 |
Phone conferences among stakeholders (on demand) | 6 |
WITHOUT majority agreement | |
Pre-event meeting of public health stakeholders | 4 |
Pre-event reminder of laboratories/physicians on infectious disease reporting duty | 2 |
Daily (Monday to Friday) reports from district health authorities of unusual high numbers of infectious diseases/syndromes# | 3 |