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. 2015 Sep;93(3):668-71.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0097. Epub 2015 Jun 1.

Multinational Disease Surveillance Programs: Promoting Global Information Exchange for Infectious Diseases

Aiden K Varan  1 , Robson Bruniera-Oliveira  1 , Christopher R Peter  1 , Maureen Fonseca-Ford  1 , Stephen H Waterman  2
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Multinational Disease Surveillance Programs: Promoting Global Information Exchange for Infectious Diseases

Aiden K Varan et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Sep.

Abstract

Cross-border surveillance for emerging diseases such as Ebola and other infectious diseases requires effective international collaboration. We surveyed representatives from 12 multinational disease surveillance programs between January 2013 and April 2014. Our survey identified programmatic similarities despite variation in health priorities, geography, and socioeconomic context, providing a contemporary perspective on infectious disease surveillance networks.

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Participating countries in multinational disease surveillance programs surveyed. ASEAN = Association of Southeast Asian Networks Plus Three Emerging Infectious Disease Surveillance; BIDS = Border Infectious Disease Surveillance; COMISCA = Council of Ministers of Health of Central America and the Dominical Republic; ICS = International Circumpolar Surveillance; EAIDSNet = East African Integrated Disease Surveillance Network; ECDC = European Center for Disease Prevention and Control; MBDS = Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance; MECIDS = Middle East Consortium on Infectious Disease Surveillance; PPHSN = Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network; SACIDS = Southern African Center for Infectious Disease Surveillance; SEEHN = Southeast European Health Network; UNASUR = Union of South American Nations. ECDC (select reporting) countries only report for select diseases, such as International Health Regulations (IHR) reportable diseases.
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