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{"title":"What we are watching--five top global infectious disease threats, 2012: a perspective from CDC's Global Disease Detection Operations Center.","authors":"Kira A Christian, Kashef Ijaz, Scott F Dowell, Catherine C Chow, Rohit A Chitale, Joseph S Bresee, Eric Mintz, Mark A Pallansch, Steven Wassilak, Eugene McCray, Ray R Arthur","doi":"10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.20632","DOIUrl":"10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.20632","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Disease outbreaks of international public health importance continue to occur regularly; detecting and tracking significant new public health threats in countries that cannot or might not report such events to the global health community is a challenge. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Global Disease Detection (GDD) Operations Center, established in early 2007, monitors infectious and non-infectious public health events to identify new or unexplained global public health threats and better position CDC to respond, if public health assistance is requested or required. At any one time, the GDD Operations Center actively monitors approximately 30-40 such public health threats; here we provide our perspective on five of the top global infectious disease threats that we were watching in 2012: 1 avian influenza A (H5N1), 2 cholera, 3 wild poliovirus, 4 enterovirus-71, and 5 extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis11†Current address: Division of Integrated Biosurveillance, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, US Department of Defense, Silver Spring, MD, USA. </p>","PeriodicalId":72898,"journal":{"name":"Emerging health threats journal","volume":"6 ","pages":"20632"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3701798/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31557437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Changing of the guard.","authors":"Nathaniel Hupert","doi":"10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.20449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.20449","url":null,"abstract":"In the five years since the Emerging Health Threats Journal published its first issue, a steady stream ‘‘100- year’’ events has increased awareness of the multitude of threats to human health. This month, the Journal is announcing a change at the helm: I will be taking over the position of Chief Editor from Andrew Robertson, who was instrumental in crafting the Journal’s unique vision and provided exemplary leadership from its founding. Dr. Robertson has graciously agreed to transition to Associate Editor, in which role he will continue to help chart the Journal’s course through the increasingly turbulent waters of world health crises. (Published: 8 February 2013) Citation: Emerg Health Threats J 2013, 6 : 20449 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.20449","PeriodicalId":72898,"journal":{"name":"Emerging health threats journal","volume":"6 ","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.20449","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31384108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A World United Against Infectious Diseases: Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance (CORDS)","authors":"Complete Supplement","doi":"10.3402/EHTJ.V6I0.20487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3402/EHTJ.V6I0.20487","url":null,"abstract":"In conjunction with the Global One Health Disease Surveillance Prince Mahidol Award Conference that starts 29 January, CORDS (Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance) publishes a series of six reports and three commentaries in Emerging Health Threats Journal . The reports explore the health security and diplomacy implications of Disease Surveillance Networks. Emerging Health Threats Journal Supplement 1, 2013 Co-Edited by Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Louise S. Gresham and Mark S. Smolinski","PeriodicalId":72898,"journal":{"name":"Emerging health threats journal","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87263136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The evolution and expansion of regional disease surveillance networks and their role in mitigating the threat of infectious disease outbreaks.","authors":"Katherine C Bond, Sarah B Macfarlane, Charlanne Burke, Kumnuan Ungchusak, Suwit Wibulpolprasert","doi":"10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19913","DOIUrl":"10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19913","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We examine the emergence, development, and value of regional infectious disease surveillance networks that neighboring countries worldwide are organizing to control cross-border outbreaks at their source. The regional perspective represented in the paper is intended to serve as an instructive framework for others who decide to launch such networks as new technologies and emerging threats bring countries even closer together. Distinct from more formal networks in geographic regions designated by the World Health Organization (WHO), these networks usually involve groupings of fewer countries chosen by national governments to optimize surveillance efforts. Sometimes referred to as sub-regional, these \"self-organizing\" networks complement national and local government recognition with informal relationships across borders among epidemiologists, scientists, ministry officials, health workers, border officers, and community members. Their development over time reflects both incremental learning and growing connections among network actors; and changing disease patterns, with infectious disease threats shifting over time from local to regional to global levels. Not only has this regional disease surveillance network model expanded across the globe, it has also expanded from a mostly practitioner-based network model to one that covers training, capacity-building, and multidisciplinary research. Today, several of these networks are linked through Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance (CORDS). We explore how regional disease surveillance networks add value to global disease detection and response by complementing other systems and efforts, by harnessing their power to achieve other goals such as health and human security, and by helping countries adapt to complex challenges via multi-sectoral solutions. We note that governmental commitment and trust among participating individuals are critical to the success of regional infectious disease surveillance networks.</p>","PeriodicalId":72898,"journal":{"name":"Emerging health threats journal","volume":"6 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3557911/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31197973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Key findings and lessons from an evaluation of the Rockefeller Foundation's Disease Surveillance Networks Initiative.","authors":"Nancy Macpherson,&nbsp;Ann Marie Kimball,&nbsp;Charlanne Burke,&nbsp;Neil Abernethy,&nbsp;Sandra Tempongko,&nbsp;Jakob Zinsstag","doi":"10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19959","url":null,"abstract":"The Rockefeller Foundation has a long history of providing support for disease surveillance in Asia, globally, and more recently in Africa ( 1 – 3 ). Most recently, from 2007–2012, the Foundation provided $22 million in support for the Disease Surveillance Networks (DSN) Initiative with the goal of contributing to the mitigation of disease outbreaks by supporting transnational and inter-disciplinary networks aimed at strengthening national, regional, and global disease surveillance and response systems. Specifically, the DSN Initiative aimed to build individual and institutional capacity to conduct disease surveillance and response efficiently and effectively; build bridges between disease surveillance networks and international agencies to increase the effectiveness of global response systems; and strengthen connections between animal health, human health, and environmental health through a “One Health” approach. (Published: 25 January 2013) Citation: Emerg Health Threats J 2013, 6 : 19959 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19959","PeriodicalId":72898,"journal":{"name":"Emerging health threats journal","volume":"6 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19959","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31197977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Southeastern European Health Network (SEEHN) Communicable Diseases Surveillance: a decade of bridging trust and collaboration.","authors":"Silvia Bino,&nbsp;Semra Cavaljuga,&nbsp;Angel Kunchev,&nbsp;Dragan Lausevic,&nbsp;Bernard Kaic,&nbsp;Adriana Pistol,&nbsp;Predrag Kon,&nbsp;Zarko Karadjovski,&nbsp;Stela Georghita,&nbsp;Snezana Cicevalieva","doi":"10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19950","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The communicable disease threats and changes that began emerging in south-east Europe in the early 1990s - after a decade of war and while political and health systems region-wide were undergoing dramatic changes - demanded a novel approach to infectious disease surveillance. Specifically, they called for an approach that was focused on cross-border collaboration and aligned with European Union standards and requirements. Thus, the Southeastern European Health network (SEEHN) was established in 2001 as a cooperative effort among the governments of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. In 2002, SEEHN initiated a communicable diseases project aimed at strengthening both national and regional surveillance systems with a focus on cross-border collaboration. Over time, SEEHN has nurtured growth of a regional fabric of SEE experts in communicable diseases surveillance and response who are able to discuss emerging issues and best practices at any time and without being constrained by the rigidity of traditional or existing systems. Main achievements to date include joint preparation of influenza pandemic preparedness plans at both national and regional levels and the introduction of molecular techniques into influenza surveillance laboratories region-wide. Here, we describe the history of the SEEHN communicable disease project; major activities and accomplishments; and future sustainability of the regional infectious disease surveillance network that has emerged and grown over the past decade.</p>","PeriodicalId":72898,"journal":{"name":"Emerging health threats journal","volume":"6 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19950","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31198574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Promising pathways for regional disease surveillance networks.","authors":"Melinda Moore,&nbsp;Katherine C Bond,&nbsp;Louise Gresham,&nbsp;Mark Rweyemamu,&nbsp;A Mushtaque R Chowdhury,&nbsp;Silvia Bino","doi":"10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19961","url":null,"abstract":"The globalization of trade and travel has led to the globalization of communicable diseases and, in turn, increased need for globalization of solutions to fight them. The self-organized regional disease surveillance networks described in this special issue of Emerging Health Threats are one such solution. They reflect the vision, commitment and leadership of country health leaders and their development partners ( 1 – 4 ). The networks described here are significantly different from and complementary to regional surveillance systems of the World Health Organization (WHO), World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ( 5 , 6 ). (Published: 25 January 2013) Citation: Emerg Health Threats J 2013, 6 : 19961 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19961","PeriodicalId":72898,"journal":{"name":"Emerging health threats journal","volume":"6 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19961","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31197975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance (MBDS): a trust-based network.","authors":"Bounlay Phommasack,&nbsp;Chuleeporn Jiraphongsa,&nbsp;Moe Ko Oo,&nbsp;Katherine C Bond,&nbsp;Natalie Phaholyothin,&nbsp;Rapeepong Suphanchaimat,&nbsp;Kumnuan Ungchusak,&nbsp;Sarah B Macfarlane","doi":"10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19944","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance (MBDS) network was formally established in 2001 through a Memorandum of Understanding signed by six Ministers of Health of the countries in the Greater Mekong sub-region: Cambodia, China (Yunnan and Guangxi), Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The main areas of focus of the network are to: i) improve cross-border infectious disease outbreak investigation and response by sharing surveillance data and best practices in disease recognition and reporting, and by jointly responding to outbreaks; ii) develop expertise in epidemiological surveillance across the countries; and iii) enhance communication between the countries. Comprised of senior health officials, epidemiologists, health practitioners, and other professionals, the MBDS has grown and matured over the years into an entity based on mutual trust that can be sustained into the future. Other regions have started emulating the network's pioneering work. In this paper, we describe the development of MBDS, the way in which it operates today, and some of its achievements. We present key challenges the network has faced and lessons its members have learned about how to develop sufficient trust for health and other professionals to alert each other to disease threats across national borders and thereby more effectively combat these threats.</p>","PeriodicalId":72898,"journal":{"name":"Emerging health threats journal","volume":"6 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19944","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31198575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Southern African Centre for infectious disease surveillance: a one health consortium.","authors":"Mark M Rweyemamu,&nbsp;Peter Mmbuji,&nbsp;Esron Karimuribo,&nbsp;Janusz Paweska,&nbsp;Dominic Kambarage,&nbsp;Luis Neves,&nbsp;Jean-Marie Kayembe,&nbsp;Aaron Mweene,&nbsp;Mecky Matee","doi":"10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19958","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Formed in 2008, the Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS) is a One Health consortium of academic and research institutions involved with infectious diseases of humans and animals. Operating in partnership with world-renowned centres of research in industrialised countries, its mission is to harness innovations in science and technology for improving southern Africa's capacity to detect, identify, monitor (DIM) and manage the risk posed by infectious diseases of humans, animals, and ecosystems. The consortium's major capacity development activities include a series of One Health-based Master of Science (MSc) courses and a five-year DIM-driven research program. Additionally, SACIDS organized Africa's first One Health conference, in July 2011. This paper describes these and other major activities that SACIDS has undertaken to improve infectious disease surveillance across southern Africa. The paper also describes the role and collaboration of SACIDS with other national, regional and international consortia/networks that share a vision and interest in promoting novel approaches to infectious disease surveillance and outbreak response.</p>","PeriodicalId":72898,"journal":{"name":"Emerging health threats journal","volume":"6 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19958","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31197976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhanced surveillance for detection and management of infectious diseases: regional collaboration in the middle East.","authors":"Alex Leventhal,&nbsp;Assad Ramlawi,&nbsp;Adel Belbiesi,&nbsp;Sami Sheikh,&nbsp;Akhtam Haddadin,&nbsp;Sari Husseini,&nbsp;Ziad Abdeen,&nbsp;Dani Cohen","doi":"10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19955","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":72898,"journal":{"name":"Emerging health threats journal","volume":"6 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19955","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31197972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}