Emerging Infectious Diseases
Despite remarkable breakthroughs in medical research and advancements in immunization and treatments, infectious diseases are undergoing a global resurgence. Worldwide, infectious diseases are the leading killer of children and adolescents and are one of the leading causes of death for adults. The impact of emerging infectious diseases in developing countries is well documented. But these diseases also impact Americans, with consequences for the public health system, the delivery of medical care, the economy, and national security.
In, Germs Go Global: Why Emerging Infectious Diseases Are a Threat to America, TFAH concludes that U.S. policymakers must abandon a point of view that emerging infectious diseases in the developing world are a back-burner concern for Americans. The nation's commitment to eliminating these diseases, or mitigating their impact on global mortality and morbidity, can no longer be based on international goodwill alone.
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TFAH Reports
October 2008
Germs Go Global
Why Emerging Infectious Diseases Are a Threat to America
October 2008
Blueprint for a Healthier America
Modernizing the Federal Public Health System to Focus on Prevention and Preparedness
July 2004
West Nile Virus: 2004 Expected to Be Most Severe Year Yet
August 2003
Animal-Borne Epidemics Out of Control
Threatening the Nation's Health
May 2003
SARS and Its Implications for U.S. Public Health Policy - "We've Been Lucky"
Latest News
November 20, 2008
GAO Audits Border, Port Disease Surveillance
HHS, DHS identify additional actions that need to be taken
October 30, 2008
CQ: Report: U.S. Ill-Equipped to Handle Impact of Infectious Diseases
October 30, 2008
U.S. still vulnerable to threat of infectious disease
October 30, 2008
Focus urged on deadly diseases: Resources needed to handle global crisis, group says
October 30, 2008
Dire warning for U.S.: Infectious diseases pose serious threat
Policy Information
September 2008
Working Group on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Letter Urges Congress to Fund Pandemic Preparedness and BARDA
Press Releases
October 29, 2008
New Report Finds Rising Risk of Infectious Diseases in America
October 21, 2008
Trust for America's Health Releases Blueprint for Modernizing Public Health for the Presidential Transition and Next Congress
October 16, 2008
Advisory: Trust for America's Health Releases Transition Document: Blueprint for a Healthier America
Includes Detailed Plan to Modernize America's Public Health System
Resources
Selected items from TFAH's Resource Library:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--International Emerging Infections Program
The International Emerging Infections Program is the core of the CDC's Global Disease Detection Program. The program's goals are to identify, as well as rapidly respond to emerging infections around the world.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases
The National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases protects global populations from emerging infectious diseases through surveillance, research, and prevention.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--West Nile Virus
The Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases includes information with surveillance, statistics and control of west nile virus. The website also includes a map reflecting West Nile Virus activity in the United States.
Department of Defense--Global Emerging Infections System
The Department of Defense GEIS was established in response to Presidential Decision Directive NSTC-7, in 1996. In the directive, the President stated that the mission of the DoD will be expanded to include the support of global surveillance, training, research, and response to emerging infectious disease threats.
Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal
A collection of articles relating to emerging infections worldwide.
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