Emerging Infections Program--State Health Department Perspective.
The Emerging Infections Program (EIP) is a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 10 state health departments working with academic partners to conduct active population-based surveillance and special studies for several emerging infectious disease issues determined to need special attention. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funds the 10 EIP sites through cooperative agreements. Our objective was to highlight 1) what being an EIP site has meant for participating health departments and associated academic centers, including accomplishments and challenges, and 2) the synergy between the state and federal levels that has resulted from the collaborative relationship. Sharing these experiences should provide constructive insight to other public health programs and other countries contemplating a collaborative federal-local approach to collective public health challenges.
James L
JL
Hadler
Richard N
RN
Danila
Paul R
PR
Cieslak
James I
JI
Meek
William
W
Schaffner
Kirk E
KE
Smith
Matthew L
ML
Cartter
Lee H
LH
Harrison
Duc J
DJ
Vugia
Ruth
R
Lynfield
D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000458:organization & administration*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D062486:Public Health Surveillance; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
EIP; Emerging Infections Program; academic medical center emerging infections programs; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; capacity building; education; enteric infections; infectious diseases emerging; influenza; laboratories; parasites; respiratory infections; rickettsia; staphylococci; streptococci; surveillance; training; vector-borne infections; viruses; zoonoses