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Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin Workshop Summary (2008) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
Pages 15-18

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... Publicity associated with the potential for the avian influenza virus to mutate in such a way that it is both easily transmitted from person to person while maintaining extreme virulence has highlighted the broader problem: Conditions around the globe are ripe for the development of epidemics of zoonotic diseases -- any disease or infection that is naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans -- that have the potential to become pandemic. Unlike other public health threats such as tubercu   The difference between an epidemic and a pandemic, while not precise, is one of scope, with a pandemic affecting a much larger number of people over a much wider geographic range than an epidemic.
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... The charge to the committee is found in Box 1-1. Members of the committee, whose biographies are included as Appendix A, include experts with a wide array of experience in multiple   The World Health Organization defines surveillance as "the systematic ongoing collection, collation, and analysis of data for public health purposes, and the timely dissemination of public health information for assessment and public health response as necessary," and it may be conducted by institutions of various kinds (WHO, 2008a)
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... Identify and prioritize for the international context recommendations to strengthen and improve coordination of the human and animal health sys tems in order to achieve a sustainable and integrated institutional capacity for timely surveillance that could improve prevention of and response to zoonotic diseases across both realms; and 8. Explore options -- including policy and regulatory options, such as international agreements -- to mitigate and decrease the threat of emerging zoonotic dis eases worldwide, and to improve coordination between governments and other relevant international organizations.
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... The materials in this document do not necessarily represent the view of the committee, the Institute of Medicine, or the National Research Council. The committee will, however, draw on the information provided in this workshop summary to develop a consensus report with recommendations that will address the enumerated items in the Statement of Task.
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