Volume 10 Supplement 1
Disease surveillance, capacity building and implementation of the International Health Regulations [IHR(2005)]
Reviews
Edited by Rebecca L Katz, Jose A Fernandez and Scott JN McNabb
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Citation: Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ 2010 10(Suppl 1):S1
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Global health security and the International Health Regulations
Global nuclear proliferation, bioterrorism, and emerging infections have challenged national capacities to achieve and maintain global security. Over the last century, emerging infectious disease threats resul...
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Comprehensive effective and efficient global public health surveillance
At a crossroads, global public health surveillance exists in a fragmented state. Slow to detect, register, confirm, and analyze cases of public health significance, provide feedback, and communicate timely and...
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International Health Regulations (2005) and the U.S. Department of Defense: building core capacities on a foundation of partnership and trust
A cornerstone of effective global health surveillance programs is the ability to build systems that identify, track and respond to public health threats in a timely manner. These functions are often difficult ...
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Strengthening public health surveillance and response using the health systems strengthening agenda in developing countries
There is increased interest in strengthening health systems for developing countries. However, at present, there is common uncertainty about how to accomplish this task. Specifically, several nations are faced...
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Integrated Disease Investigations and Surveillance planning: a systems approach to strengthening national surveillance and detection of events of public health importance in support of the International Health Regulations
The international community continues to define common strategic themes of actions to improve global partnership and international collaborations in order to protect our populations. The International Health R...
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ASM LabCap’s contributions to disease surveillance and the International Health Regulations (2005)
The revised International Health Regulations [IHR(2005)], which requires the Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop core capacities to detect, assess, report, and respond to public hea...
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Laboratory capacity building for the International Health Regulations (IHR[2005]) in resource-poor countries: the experience of the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET)
Laboratory is one of the core capacities that countries must develop for the implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR[2005]) since laboratory services play a major role in all the key proces...
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Assessment of core capacities for the International Health Regulations (IHR[2005]) – Uganda, 2009
Uganda is currently implementing the International Health Regulations (IHR[2005]) within the context of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR). The IHR(2005) require countries to assess the abilit...
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Response to the challenges of pandemic H1N1 in a small island state: the Barbadian experience
Having been overwhelmed by the complexity of the response needed for the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic, public health professionals in the small island state of Barbados put various measure...
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Information and communication technology in disease surveillance, India: a case study
India has made appreciable progress and continues to demonstrate a strong commitment for establishing and operating a disease surveillance programme responsive to the requirements of the International Health R...
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Biosafety and biosecurity as essential pillars of international health security and cross-cutting elements of biological nonproliferation
The critical aspects of biosafety, biosecurity, and biocontainment have been in the spotlight in recent years. There have also been increased international efforts to improve awareness of modern practices and ...
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U.S. Government engagement in support of global disease surveillance
Global cooperation is essential for coordinated planning and response to public health emergencies, as well as for building sufficient capacity around the world to detect, assess and respond to health events. ...
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