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Innovations in Disease Surveillance and Monitoring: Chapter in Springer Handbook of Global Health

While there have been worldwide improvements in public health over the past few decades, new viruses and other pandemics are expected to increase as we move towards high-density, urban living. But with only 49 countries reporting high-quality cause of death data to the WHO, the exact burden of infectious diseases is impossible to know. As made clear by the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a vital need for identifying and monitoring the spread of new infectious diseases.

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