EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES FROM THE GLOBAL TO THE LOCAL PERSPECTIVE -- Copyright -- REVIEWERS -- Preface -- ABOUT THE WORKSHOP -- ORGANIZATION OF WORKSHOP SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- Summary and Assessment -- EMERGING INFECTIONS: THE GLOBAL PICTURE -- Financial Costs of Infectious Diseases -- Infectious Diseases and Human Rights -- FACTORS IN EMERGENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES -- Global Trade and Travel -- Seasonality and Climate Variation -- Zoonoses -- Food Safety -- Antimicrobial Drug Use in Animals and Humans -- Slowed Vaccine and Drug Development and Degraded Immunization Policies -- NEED FOR COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION -- Cooperation Across Borders -- Bilateral Agreements -- International Health Regulations -- NETWORKS OF GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE -- Continuing Need for Local Surveillance -- Preservation of Samples -- Using the Internet for Reporting and Communication -- TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY -- 1 Introduction -- LOST WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY -- GLOBAL RESPONSES TO EMERGING INFECTIONS -- WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FUTURE -- 2 Emerging Infections in Latin America -- OVERVIEW -- EMERGING INFECTIONS IN COLOMBIA: A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE -- Environmental Changes -- Human Demographics, Mosquito Behavior, and Deforestation -- Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance -- Complacency and Natural Disasters -- Conclusion -- A NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES: THE ARGENTINE CASE OF 1999 -- Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever -- HIV/AIDS -- Leishmaniasis -- Cholera Epidemic -- Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome -- Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance -- Multidrug Tuberculosis Resistance -- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome -- Dengue -- Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements -- DIAGNOSIS, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE, AND CONTROL PROGRAMS FOR EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN MEXICO -- Dengue -- Leptospirosis -- Tuberculosis.

HIV/AIDS -- Other Emerging and Reemerging Diseases -- Surveillance in Response to Natural Disasters -- RESPONSE OF THE PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO COMBATING EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN LATIN ... -- 3 Emerging Infections in Africa -- OVERVIEW -- INTEGRATED DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND EPIDEMICS: PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE IN AFRICA -- GLOBAL EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES -- DOD's Expanded Role -- DOD Involvement in Rift Valley Fever Outbreak -- Syndromic Surveillance in Indonesia -- Integrating Surveillance in the Caribbean -- Facilitating Training and Capacity Building -- EMERGING INFECTIONS IN AFRICA: THE WHO RESPONSE -- Global Epidemic Intelligence -- Use of the Internet -- Disease Distribution and Verification -- Outbreak Response Role of WHO -- 4 Emerging Infections in Asia and the Pacific Region -- OVERVIEW -- EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN HONG KONG AND THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE -- Influenza A Virus (H5N1) -- Avian H9N2 Viruses -- Swine Influenza A Virus (H3N2) -- Conclusion -- EMERGING DISEASES IN THE AUSTRALASIAN REGION -- Japanese Encephalitis Virus -- Dengue -- Other Emerging Diseases -- INTERNATIONAL SMART PARTNERSHIP IN EMERGING DISEASES: SENSE AND SENSITIVITY -- Introduction -- Emerging Infections in Malaysia -- Lessons Learned -- 5 Emerging Infections in Europe -- OVERVIEW -- PANDEMIC STRATEGIC PLANNING -- Pandemic Influenza Contingency Plan in the United Kingdom -- The Hong Kong Influenza A Virus Outbreak -- European Response to Emerging Infectious Diseases -- Importance of Local Surveillance and Collaboration -- A VIEW FROM THE GROUND: TUBERCULOSIS AS AN EXAMPLE OF A REEMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION -- Introduction -- Reemergence of Infectious Disease in the Former Soviet Union -- Political and Economic Causes of TB Reemergence -- Special Problems of the Prisons.

Role of Nongovernmental Organizations -- Conclusion -- EUROPEAN RESPONSES TO EMERGING INFECTIONS AND THEIR POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- References -- APPENDIX A Glossary and Acronyms -- APPENDIX B Workshop Agenda -- APPENDIX C Workshop Participants -- APPENDIX D Forum Member and Staff Biographies -- FORUM MEMBERS -- STUDY STAFF.