Enhanced surveillance for detection and management of infectious diseases: Regional collaboration in the middle east

Emerging Health Threats Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Leventhal, Alex ^a,g   Ramlawi, Assad ^b   Belbiesi, Adel ^c   Sheikh, Sami ^c   Haddadin, Akhtam ^c   Husseini, Sari ^d   Abdeen, Ziad ^e   Cohen, Dani ^f  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b Palestinian Hydrology Group   (Israel)

^c Jordan Ministry of Health   (Jordan)

^d Search for Common Ground   (Israel)

^e AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Avian influenza preparedness; Cross border collaboration; Foodborne disease surveillance; Middle east; Pandemic influenza

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST CONSORTIUM FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; ANIMAL; BIRD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE VECTORS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE EAST; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881253395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17528550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19955     Document Type: Article

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