Year: 2011
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: Capacity-building initiatives related to public health are defined as developing laboratory infrastructure, strengthening host-country disease surveillance initiatives, transferring technical expertise and training personnel. These initiatives represented a major piece of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, Division of Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (AFHSC-GEIS) contributions to worldwide emerging infectious disease (EID) surveillance and response. Capacity-building initiatives were undertaken with over 80 local and regional Ministries of Health, Agriculture and Defense, as well as other government entities and institutions worldwide. The efforts supported at least 52 national influenza centers and other country-specific influenza, regional and U.S.-based EID reference laboratories (44 civilian, eight military) in 46 countries worldwide. Equally important, reference testing, laboratory infrastructure and equipment support was provided to over 500 field sites in 74 countries worldwide from October 2008 to September 2009. These activities allowed countries to better meet the milestones of implementation of the 2005 International Health Regulations and complemented many initiatives undertaken by other U.S. government agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Department of State.
Source: BMC Public Health
Authors: Jose L Sanchez, Matthew C Johns, Ronald L Burke, Kelly G Vest, Mark M Fukuda, In-Kyu Yoon, Chanthap Lon, Miguel Quintana, David C Schnabel, Guillermo Pimentel, Moustafa Mansour, Steven Tobias, Joel M Montgomery, Gregory C Gray, Karen Saylors, Lucy M Ndip, Sheri Lewis, Patrick J Blair, Paul A Sjoberg, Robert A Kuschner, Kevin L Russell, David L Blazes, the AFHSC-GEIS Capacity Building Writing Group
Institutions: Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science, Defense Center for Public Health - Aberdeen, United States Army Medical Research Directorate - Africa, Naval Medical Research Unit EURAFCENT, University of Florida Health, University of Florida, Global Viral, University of Buea, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Naval Health Research Center, United States Air Force, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Makerere University Walter Reed Project, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Kenya Medical Research Institute, PharmAccess Group, Makerere University
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,290
Funder: U.S. Department of Defense
OpenAlex ID: W2129618754