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Disease detectives: Tue Jul 23 2013, 00:54 hrs
An epidemic intelligence service, to combat outbreaks of illness before they spread, is much needed
Now in its second year of training, India's so-called epidemic intelligence service (EIS), run by the National Centre for Disease Control, frames a welcome effort to equip public health professionals to be the bulwark of the country's defence system against communicable diseases. Modelled on a US programme of the same name, and a result of the collaboration with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, the EIS will comprise medical professionals trained in the science of tracking down outbreaks of illness as they occur, so as to stop them before they spread, across states.
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An epidemic intelligence service, to combat outbreaks of illness before they spread, is much needed
Now in its second year of training, India's so-called epidemic intelligence service (EIS), run by the National Centre for Disease Control, frames a welcome effort to equip public health professionals to be the bulwark of the country's defence system against communicable diseases. Modelled on a US programme of the same name, and a result of the collaboration with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, the EIS will comprise medical professionals trained in the science of tracking down outbreaks of illness as they occur, so as to stop them before they spread, across states.
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