BIP! Finder - Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance (MBDS): A Trust-Based Network

2013 • Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance (MBDS): A Trust-Based Network

Authors: Natalie Phaholyothin; Bounlay Phommasack; Sarah B. Macfarlane; Katherine C. Bond; Moe Ko Oo; Chuleeporn Jiraphongsa; Rapeepong Suphanchaimat; Kumnuan Ungchusak

Venue: Emerging Health Threats Journal

Type: Publication

Abstract: The Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance (MBDS) network was formally established in 2001 through a Memorandum of Understanding signed by six Ministers of Health of the countries in the Greater Mekong sub-region: Cambodia, China (Yunnan and Guangxi), Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The main areas of focus of the network are to: i) improve cross-border infectious disease outbreak investigation and response by sharing surveillance data and best practices in disease recognition and reporting, and by jointly responding to outbreaks; ii) develop... (read more)

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1.2493457E-8 6.694926E-9 26 10

/ Attention: 0 20

Topics: Environmental health

DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19944

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