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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Health Threats J. 2013;6. doi: 10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19955. Epub 2013 Jan 25.
Enhanced surveillance for detection and management of infectious diseases: regional collaboration in the middle East.
Leventhal A, Ramlawi A, Belbiesi A, Sheikh S, Haddadin A, Husseini S, Abdeen Z, Cohen D.
Source
Ministry of Health, Israel ; Braun School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Abstract
Formed before international negotiations of the revised International Health Regulations (IHR), the Middle East Consortium for Infectious Disease Surveillance (MECIDS) is a regional collaboration aimed at facilitating implementation of the revised IHR and, more broadly, improving the detection and control of infectious disease outbreaks among neighboring countries in an area of continuous dispute. Initially focused on enhancing foodborne disease surveillance, MECIDS has expanded the scope of its work to also include avian and pandemic influenza and other emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. Here, we describe the history and governance of MECIDS, highlighting key achievements over the consortium's seven-year history, and discuss the future of MECIDS.
PMID:
23362413
[PubMed]
PMCID:
PMC3557910
Free full text
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23362413
Enhanced surveillance for detection and management of infectious diseases: regional collaboration in the middle East.
Leventhal A, Ramlawi A, Belbiesi A, Sheikh S, Haddadin A, Husseini S, Abdeen Z, Cohen D.
Source
Ministry of Health, Israel ; Braun School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Abstract
Formed before international negotiations of the revised International Health Regulations (IHR), the Middle East Consortium for Infectious Disease Surveillance (MECIDS) is a regional collaboration aimed at facilitating implementation of the revised IHR and, more broadly, improving the detection and control of infectious disease outbreaks among neighboring countries in an area of continuous dispute. Initially focused on enhancing foodborne disease surveillance, MECIDS has expanded the scope of its work to also include avian and pandemic influenza and other emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. Here, we describe the history and governance of MECIDS, highlighting key achievements over the consortium's seven-year history, and discuss the future of MECIDS.
PMID:
23362413
[PubMed]
PMCID:
PMC3557910
Free full text
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23362413