Global Health: U.S. Agencies Support Programs to Build Overseas Capacity for Infectious Disease Surveillance

Abstract

The rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 shows that disease outbreaks pose a threat beyond the borders of the country where they originate. Over the past decade, the United States has initiated a broad effort to ensure that countries can detect any disease outbreaks that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern. Three U.S. agencies the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Department of Defense (DOD) support programs aimed at building this broader capacity to detect a variety of infectious diseases.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA472925

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central America
  • Central Asia
  • Congress
  • Dengue
  • Department Of Defense
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Health Services
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Medical Personnel
  • National Governments
  • Public Health
  • Sars
  • Tuberculosis
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Viruses

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.