Latvian State Surveillance and Monitoring System for Infectious Diseases

Overview
Acronym
VISUMS
Type of information
Registry data
URL of the data source
https://likumi.lv/ta/id/20667
Description

The register records all infectious diseases that have been discovered in Latvia based on Cabinet of Ministers No. 7 "Infectious diseases registration procedure". The register contains limited access information on registrable infectious diseases, patients, the epidemiological investigation of infectious diseases, the record of outbreaks.

Governance and legal framework

Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 7 "Infectious diseases registration procedure". https://likumi.lv/ta/id/20667
  
Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 774 "Procedures for identification of contact persons, primary medical examination, laboratory examination and medical observation". https://likumi.lv/ta/id/144279                                   

Epidemiological safety law. https://likumi.lv/ta/id/52951

Funding

State funding

Free keywords
Infectious diseases
epidemiological investigation
records of outbreaks
Surveillance
COVID-19
Topics
Health status » Morbidity/disability » Communicable diseases
Country(ies):
GEO coverage
Nuts 3
Target Population
Patients
Age range
From 0 years
Observations by Year
Year Number of observations
Sex
Both
Language(s)
Latvian
Updating Periodicity
Daily
Personal Identifier
National identifier
Level of aggregation
Individual
Terms of data access - URL
https://statistika.spkc.gov.lv/pxweb/en/Health/Health__Saslimstiba_Slimibu_Izplatiba__Infekcijas_un_parazitaras_slimibas/?tablelist=true
Regulations for data sharing

Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 7 "Infectious diseases registration procedure" https://likumi.lv/ta/id/20667

Personal Data Processing Law, available online: https://likumi.lv/ta/en/en/id/300099-personal-data-processing-law

Law on the Rights of Patients, availabe online: https://likumi.lv/ta/en/en/id/203008-law-on-the-rights-of-patients

Linkage possible
Yes
Data Owner(s)
Centre fo Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia (CDPC) - Slimību profilakses un kontroles centrs (SPKC)
Contact name
Jurijs Perevoščikovs
Contact e-mail
Jurijs.Perevoscikovs@spkc.gov.lv
Contact info (address)

22 Duntes street, c-5, Riga, Latvia, LV 1005

Updated on 10 August 2023