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Emerging Infectious Disease Surveillance (GEIS)
Mission- support
the Department of Defense GEIS program by enhancing the
infectious disease surveillance and response
components of the international public health infrastructure
in Asia. Network existing training and expand training
opportunities where voids in knowledge exist creating efficient,
sustainable training opportunities to regional health authorities.
Encourage international organizations and nations to assign
higher and appropriate priority to emerging infectious diseases.
Strategic infrastructure development, training, and information
technology will be the cornerstone to enhancing the surveillance
and response components. Development of streamlined collaborative
relationships responsive to regional concerns will enable
sustainability.
The Emerging
Diseases Program
Biological
Diseases/Agents Surveillance - Priority agents
include emerging pathogens that could be engineered for
mass dissemination now or in the future because of availability,
ease of production and dissemination and potential for high
morbidity and mortality rates and major health impact.
Developing
web-based format for dissemination of emerging disease
patterns and serving as a resource site for international
disease surveillance activities
Human Capacity
Building:
- Walter
Reed/AFRIMS Research Unit in Nepal (WARUN)
- Laboratory
training for pathogen identification
- Infrastructure
Development
- Developing
an Emerging Diseases Surveillance System for near
real-time communication of health tracking data to center
databases for Royal Thai Army units at Thai-Cambodia and
Thai-Burmese borders
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