Regional Infectious Disease Surveillance Networks and their Potential to Facilitate the Implementation of the International Health Regulations

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1459-1471

  Kimball, Ann Marie ^a   Moore, Melinda ^b   French, Howard Matthew ^a   Arima, Yuzo ^a   Ungchusak, Kumnuan ^c   Wibulpolprasert, Suwit ^c   Taylor, Terence ^d   Touch, Sok ^e   Leventhal, Alex ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d NTI   (United States)

^e Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Global health; Health security; Infectious disease; International health regulations; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFECTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 54949130200     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2008.06.001     Document Type: Review

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