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International Collaboration Shares Emerging Infectious Disease Data

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, September 1st, 1997

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine researcher Ann Marie Kimball are collaborating on an international information exchange program on emerging infectious diseases.

The program is called the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Emerging Infections Network (EINet), and includes Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Canada, and the United States. Since its inception in July 1996, the project members have focused on improving information exchange regarding drug-resistant tuberculosis.

According to a Partners in Prevention column in the July-August...

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