TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhanced surveillance for detection and management of infectious diseases
T2 - Regional collaboration in the middle east
AU - Leventhal, Alex
AU - Ramlawi, Assad
AU - Belbiesi, Adel
AU - Sheikh, Sami
AU - Haddadin, Akhtam
AU - Husseini, Sari
AU - Abdeen, Ziad
AU - Cohen, Dani
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Avian influenza preparedness
KW - Cross-border collaboration
KW - Foodborne disease surveillance
KW - Middle east
KW - Pandemic influenza
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84881253395&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19955
DO - 10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19955
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C2 - 23362413
AN - SCOPUS:84881253395
SN - 1752-8550
VL - 6
JO - Emerging Health Threats Journal
JF - Emerging Health Threats Journal
IS - 1
M1 - 19955
ER -
