Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
Open access journal with continuous publication
Western Pacific Surveillance and Response (WPSAR) is an open access journal dedicated to the surveillance of and response to public health events. The goal of the journal is to create a platform for timely information sharing both within our region and globally to enhance surveillance and response activities. WPSAR is a continuous publication which means articles will be published as soon as they have completed the review and editing process. Every three months articles will be batched for a print issue.
WPSAR is now listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals.
Volume 3, Issue 1, January to March 2012
Original Research
Epidemiologic characteristics of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Mainland China from 2006 to 2010
Xiaoxia Huang, Hongmei Yin, Lei Yan, Xiaofang Wang and Shiwen Wang
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Surveillance Report
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients who died from Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in Viet Nam
Phan Thanh Tinh, Phan Trong Lan, Patel Mahomed and Tran Minh Nhu Nguyen
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Volume 2, Issue 4, October to December 2011
The Great East Japan Earthquake
Editorial
Preparedness and resilience: the hallmarks of response and recovery
Jacob Kumaresan
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Perspective
The Great East Japan Earthquake: a need to plan for post-disaster surveillance in developed countries
Yuzo Arima, Tamano Matsui, Jeffrey Partridge and Takeshi Kasai on behalf of the Emerging Diseases Surveillance and Response, Division of Health Security and Emergencies, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific
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Public health response to the combined Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant accident: perspective from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
Tomoya Saito and Ayano Kunimitsu
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Lessons from the Field
Medical response to the Great East Japan Earthquake in Ishinomaki City
Tadashi Ishii
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Health care response to the tsunami in Taro District, Miyako, Iwate Prefecture
Hitoshi Kuroda
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Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on health, medical care and public health systems in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, 2011
Masaru Nohara
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