Despite this, surveillance of diabetes remains relatively undeveloped throughout the world, even in high-income countries. Public-health surveillance is “the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of health data for the purpose of preventing and controlling disease” – in short, information for action.
即便如此，全球对糖尿病的监测水平依然相当不足，甚至在某些高收入国家也是如此。公共卫生监测就是“为了防止和控制疾病而持续系统进行的健康数据收集，分析，解读和传播。”——简而言之，就是采取行动所需的信息。