Emerging Infectious Diseases from the Global to the Local Perspective

A Summary of a Workshop of the Forum on Emerging Infections

Author: Lederberg, Joshua; Davis, Jonathan R.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309071840
eISBN Pdf: 9780309564823
eISBN Epub: 9780309171106
Place of publication: United States
Year of digital publication: 2001
Month: March
Pages: 135
DDC: 614
Language: English

Caption

In October 1999, the Forum on Emerging Infections of the Institute of Medicine convened a two-day workshop titled "International Aspects of Emerging Infections." Key representatives from the international community explored the forces that drive emerging infectious diseases to prominence.

Representatives from the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe made formal presentations and engaged in panel discussions. Emerging Infectious Diseases from the Global to the Local Perspective includes summaries of the formal presentations and suggests an agenda for future action.

The topics addressed cover a wide range of issues, including trends in the incidence of infectious diseases around the world, descriptions of the wide variety of factors that contribute to the emergence and reemergence of these diseases, efforts to coordinate surveillance activities and responses within and across borders, and the resource, research, and international needs that remain to be addressed.

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES FROM THE GLOBAL TO THE LOCAL PERSPECTIVE
Copyright
REVIEWERS
Preface
- ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
- ORGANIZATION OF WORKSHOP SUMMARY
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Contents
Summary and Assessment
- EMERGING INFECTIONS: THE GLOBAL PICTURE
  - Financial Costs of Infectious Diseases
  - Infectious Diseases and Human Rights
- FACTORS IN EMERGENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
  - Global Trade and Travel
  - Seasonality and Climate Variation
  - Zoonoses
  - Food Safety
  - Antimicrobial Drug Use in Animals and Humans
  - Slowed Vaccine and Drug Development and Degraded Immunization Policies
- NEED FOR COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION
  - Cooperation Across Borders
  - Bilateral Agreements
  - International Health Regulations
- NETWORKS OF GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE
  - Continuing Need for Local Surveillance
  - Preservation of Samples
  - Using the Internet for Reporting and Communication
- TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY
1 Introduction
- LOST WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY
- GLOBAL RESPONSES TO EMERGING INFECTIONS
- WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FUTURE
2 Emerging Infections in Latin America
- OVERVIEW
- EMERGING INFECTIONS IN COLOMBIA: A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
  - Environmental Changes
  - Human Demographics, Mosquito Behavior, and Deforestation
  - Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance
  - Complacency and Natural Disasters
  - Conclusion
- A NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES: THE ARGENTINE CASE OF 1999
  - Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever
- HIV/AIDS
  - Leishmaniasis
  - Cholera Epidemic
  - Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome
  - Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance
  - Multidrug Tuberculosis Resistance
  - Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
  - Dengue
  - Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements
- DIAGNOSIS, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE, AND CONTROL PROGRAMS FOR EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN MEXICO
  - Dengue
  - Leptospirosis
  - Tuberculosis
- HIV/AIDS
  - Other Emerging and Reemerging Diseases
  - Surveillance in Response to Natural Disasters
- RESPONSE OF THE PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO COMBATING EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN LATIN ...
3 Emerging Infections in Africa
- OVERVIEW
- INTEGRATED DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND EPIDEMICS: PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE IN AFRICA
- GLOBAL EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
  - DOD's Expanded Role
  - DOD Involvement in Rift Valley Fever Outbreak
  - Syndromic Surveillance in Indonesia
  - Integrating Surveillance in the Caribbean
  - Facilitating Training and Capacity Building
- EMERGING INFECTIONS IN AFRICA: THE WHO RESPONSE
  - Global Epidemic Intelligence
  - Use of the Internet
  - Disease Distribution and Verification
  - Outbreak Response Role of WHO
4 Emerging Infections in Asia and the Pacific Region
- OVERVIEW
- EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN HONG KONG AND THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE
  - Influenza A Virus (H5N1)
  - Avian H9N2 Viruses
  - Swine Influenza A Virus (H3N2)
  - Conclusion
- EMERGING DISEASES IN THE AUSTRALASIAN REGION
  - Japanese Encephalitis Virus
  - Dengue
  - Other Emerging Diseases
- INTERNATIONAL SMART PARTNERSHIP IN EMERGING DISEASES: SENSE AND SENSITIVITY
  - Introduction
  - Emerging Infections in Malaysia
  - Lessons Learned
5 Emerging Infections in Europe
- OVERVIEW
- PANDEMIC STRATEGIC PLANNING
  - Pandemic Influenza Contingency Plan in the United Kingdom
  - The Hong Kong Influenza A Virus Outbreak
  - European Response to Emerging Infectious Diseases
  - Importance of Local Surveillance and Collaboration
- A VIEW FROM THE GROUND: TUBERCULOSIS AS AN EXAMPLE OF A REEMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
  - Introduction
  - Reemergence of Infectious Disease in the Former Soviet Union
    - Political and Economic Causes of TB Reemergence
    - Special Problems of the Prisons
    - Role of Nongovernmental Organizations
  - Conclusion
- EUROPEAN RESPONSES TO EMERGING INFECTIONS AND THEIR POLICY IMPLICATIONS
References
APPENDIX A Glossary and Acronyms
APPENDIX B Workshop Agenda
APPENDIX C Workshop Participants
APPENDIX D Forum Member and Staff Biographies
- FORUM MEMBERS
- STUDY STAFF

Subjects

Back

Viewers online

Text
Audio

Download options

Adobe DRM
Loan duration: 21 days
Format: EPUB / PDF

Existing customer

Email

Password

NEW USER

Emerging Infectious Diseases from the Global to the Local Perspective

A Summary of a Workshop of the Forum on Emerging Infections

Subjects

Viewers online

Download options