title: Multinational Disease Surveillance Programs: Promoting Global Information Exchange for Infectious Diseases.
abstract: Cross-border surveillance for emerging diseases such as Ebola and other infectious diseases requires effective international collaboration. We surveyed representatives from 12 multinational disease surveillance programs between January 2013 and April 2014. Our survey identified programmatic similarities despite variation in health priorities, geography, and socioeconomic context, providing a contemporary perspective on infectious disease surveillance networks.
authors.affiliation: CDC/CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellowship, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlanta, Georgia; County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, San Diego, California; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Diego, California.
authors.forename: Aiden K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Varan
authors.affiliation: CDC/CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellowship, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlanta, Georgia; County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, San Diego, California; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Diego, California.
authors.forename: Robson
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bruniera-Oliveira
authors.affiliation: CDC/CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellowship, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlanta, Georgia; County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, San Diego, California; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Diego, California.
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Peter
authors.affiliation: CDC/CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellowship, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlanta, Georgia; County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, San Diego, California; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Diego, California.
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fonseca-Ford
authors.affiliation: CDC/CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellowship, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlanta, Georgia; County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, San Diego, California; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Diego, California shw2@cdc.gov.
authors.forename: Stephen H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Waterman
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology; D014943:Global Health; D066275:Health Information Exchange; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*