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Disease Prevention
Global health alert network now scans for disease reports in seven languages
December 12th, 2004
A global system designed to spot bioterrorist attacks or new disease outbreaks became even more global November 17, 2004; it now gathers information in six more languages. The Global Health Intelligence Network, created in 1998, previously scanned only English language news reports for signs of infectious disease crises. Beginning November 17, 2004, it scours reports in Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish, and both simplified and traditional Chinese. The US$1.3 million (EUR 1 million) upgrade was funded in part by the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a U.S.-based nonprofit dedicated to reducing the threat of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. ...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2004-12-12)
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