Public Health

1. Describe the WHO’s “network of networks” system of obtaining global surveillance data. What is Integrated Disease Surveillance and why using it?

2. How does the mission of the FAO relate to disease surveillance?

3. How is the work of the OIE related to disease surveillance?

4. Why is the United States interested in developing disease surveillance systems in other countries?

5. comparing and contrasting disease surveillance in developed and developing countries.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) have greatly facilitated the functioning of a network for sharing data in a timely manner from already established health care networks. This network of networks is a key resource in implementing a global health surveillance which is a key mandate of WHO. WHO current network of networks is comprised of formal sources such as government entities and universities’ research centers, for example the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (De Maeseneer, Clithero-Eridon, DeKempeneer,

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