# Public Health Surveillance **Entity class:** Population observability practice **Public-health surveillance** is the ongoing systematic collection, management, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of health-related data linked to prevention and control. It can concern infectious disease, injury, behavior, exposure, disasters, and other events; it is not limited to microorganisms. ## Relationships [[wiki/Population Observability|Population Observability]] · [[wiki/Machine-Readable Public Health Sensing Grid|Machine-Readable Public Health Sensing Grid]] · [[wiki/Observational Modeling versus Individualized State Action|Observation versus intervention]] · [[wiki/Counterterrorism Collection - Public Health and Violence Prevention|Public Health and Violence Prevention]] ## Sources - [CDC — Public Health Surveillance in the United States, July 27, 2012](https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/su6103a2.htm) **As of:** 2026-09-23