A decade of gains in public health emergency preparedness and response at points of entry
Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
;
: 1-2, 2012.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-6822
ABSTRACT
The role of air travel in rapid translocation of infectious disease is indisputable.1 The global health community has long been concerned about the movement across borders of vaccine-preventable diseases, tuberculosis and other diseases of public health concern. These concerns escalated following the September 2001 terrorist attack and the anthrax bioterrorism incident in the United States of America; the worldwide spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003; and the reemergence of H5N1 avian influenza soon thereafter, which stoked fears about the possibility of a severe influenza pandemic. To better prepare and coordinate countries to respond to all-hazards health emergencies at their borders, in the past 10 years the global public health community has formed numerous domestic and international alliances.
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WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
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Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
Ano de publicação:
2012
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