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Other Definitions
Notification Reported case Timeframe
Timeliness Timely
Capacities Capabilities
legally obligatory notified cases or clusters of infectious dis- eases by physicians or laboratories to local public health ser- vices
report of a notified case by the local public health services to the national public health services
A period of time (days, weeks, months) within which an activ- ity is intended to happen1. For example: timeframe accord- ing legislation (‘ legal timeframe’ ), or chosen by the author of an article (‘ predefined timeframe’), according outbreak control limits (‘ disease specific’ , or ‘ outbreak control time- frame’), or according standard time per delay (‘standardized timeframe’ )
The fact (or quality) of happening at the best possible time or at the right time. For example: timeliness of a notification system
happening at the best possible moment. We defined timely as functioning of a surveillance and response systems ac- cording the threshold of a performance indicator in a cer- tain timeframe. For example: a notification system is timely when sufficient (threshold ≥ 80%) notifications are made within a certain timeframe.
combination of all the strengths, attributes and resources available within an organization, community or society to manage and reduce disaster risks and strengthen resilience’ possession of the demonstrable ability to perform a particu- lar task
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