Towards effective emerging infectious disease surveillance: Cambodia, Indonesia, and NAMRU-2
Abstract
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) pose international security threats because of their
potential to inflict harm upon humans, crops, livestock, health infrastructure, and economies. The
following questions stimulated the research described in this report: What infrastructure is necessary
to enable EID surveillance in developing countries? What are the cultural, political, and economic
challenges that are faced? Are there generalizations that may be made to inform engagement with
developing countries and support EID surveillance infrastructure?
Using the U.S. Naval Area Medical Research Unit No. 2 (NAMRU-2) as a common
denominator, this report compares barriers to EID surveillance in Cambodia and in Indonesia and
presents key factors—uncovered through extensive interviews—that constrain disease surveillance
systems.
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The article of record may be found at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/35944/
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