Enhanced Surveillance for the Sports Festival in Tokyo 2013: Preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Naotaka Shimatani; Yoshiyuki Sugishita; Tamie Sugawara; Yuuki Nakamura; Yasushi Ohkusa; Takuya Yamagishi; Tamano Matsui; Masashi Kawano; Hirotoshi Watase; Yukiko Morikawa; Kazunori Oishi

doi:10.7883/yoken.JJID.2014.233

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Enhanced Surveillance for the Sports Festival in Tokyo 2013: Preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Naotaka Shimatani, Yoshiyuki Sugishita, Tamie Sugawara, Yuuki Nakamura, Yasushi Ohkusa, Takuya Yamagishi, Tamano Matsui, Masashi Kawano, Hirotoshi Watase, Yukiko Morikawa, Kazunori Oishi

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Naotaka Shimatani
Medical School, Okayama University
Yoshiyuki Sugishita
Epidemiological Information Section, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health
Tamie Sugawara
Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Yuuki Nakamura
Graduate School of Pharmacy, Nihon University
Yasushi Ohkusa
Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Takuya Yamagishi
Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Tamano Matsui
Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Masashi Kawano
Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Hirotoshi Watase
Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Yukiko Morikawa
Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Kazunori Oishi
Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases

Keywords: enhanced surveillance, sports event, ambulance transfer syndromic surveillance, pharmacy surveillance, (nursery) school absenteeism surveillance

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2015 Volume 68 Issue 4 Pages 288-295

DOI https://doi.org/10.7883/yoken.JJID.2014.233

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Abstract

Enhanced surveillance was conducted during the Sports Festival in Tokyo 2013 (September 28–October 14, 2013) for early detection of outbreaks of infectious diseases and other health emergencies. Through this enhanced surveillance, 15 cases were found that required additional gathering of information outside the routine process of creating/evaluating the Daily Report. However, none of these was assessed as critical. Through the enhanced surveillance, we structured a framework that allows for earlier response when detecting aberrations. It includes the role of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in communications and contacts with relevant parties such as public health centers, as well as in monitoring of surveillance data. However, some issues need to be further considered toward the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, such as establishing the criteria for additional response steps, increasing the number of participating bodies in syndromic surveillance, and strengthening of cooperation with related departments, including those for crisis management assuming potential biological/chemical terrorism.

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