Bangladesh to be 'Global Disease Detection site'
2013-01-27
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is strengthening its ties with Bangladesh as part of its initiative to protect the global community from the urgent public health threats.
Director of the world’s leading public health institute Dr Thomas Frieden, who is now visiting Dhaka, said on Sunday that from this year they would work on two new initiatives – establishing ‘Global Disease Detection’ site, and making ‘disease detectives’ – based on 40 years of ‘very productive’ relations with Bangladesh.
“The relationship is getting even better,” the Director told journalists.
The US CDC designated Bangladesh as its eighth ‘Global Disease Detection’ site last year.
Dr Frieden said the disease detection site would help in protecting people within Bangladesh and also around the world from ‘threats to health whether infectious or non-infectious’.
He said a programme would start late this year to train people who will find out any disease outbreak and stop it.
“We’ve been working for it for the last several years,” he said, adding that the trained people would know ‘how to stop outbreaks and epidemics’ under the Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP).
Dr Frieden arrived in Dhaka on Saturday to discuss with health officials the US-Bangladesh cooperation on public health issues and strengthening the partnership.
He said their approach is to prevent problems. “We do it by finding out what the problem is, what causes it and by working to prevent it, stop it.”... http://bdnews24.com/health/2013/01/27/bangladesh-to-be-global-disease-detection-site
The US CDC designated Bangladesh as its eighth ‘Global Disease Detection’ site last year.
Dr Frieden said the disease detection site would help in protecting people within Bangladesh and also around the world from ‘threats to health whether infectious or non-infectious’.
He said a programme would start late this year to train people who will find out any disease outbreak and stop it.
“We’ve been working for it for the last several years,” he said, adding that the trained people would know ‘how to stop outbreaks and epidemics’ under the Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP).
Dr Frieden arrived in Dhaka on Saturday to discuss with health officials the US-Bangladesh cooperation on public health issues and strengthening the partnership.
He said their approach is to prevent problems. “We do it by finding out what the problem is, what causes it and by working to prevent it, stop it.”... http://bdnews24.com/health/2013/01/27/bangladesh-to-be-global-disease-detection-site
