Societal, technological, and environmental factors continue to have a dramatic effect on infectious diseases worldwide, facilitating the emergence of new diseases and the reemergence of old ones, sometimes in drug-resistant forms.
Emerging Infections Programs
The
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the
Emerging Infections Program (EIP) in 1995 to develop centers of excellence in infectious disease surveillance and applied public health research in selected state health departments across the United States. The EIP network now includes 10 state health departments (California, Colorado, Connecticut,
Georgia,
Maryland, Minnesota,
New Mexico,
New York, Oregon, and
Tennessee) and their collaborators.
The cornerstone of all EIP programs is an emphasis on active population-based surveillance for infections of public health importance. These surveillance data are used to generate reliable estimates of the incidence of these infections and provide the starting point for further exploration of risk factors, spectrum of disease, and better strategies for prevention and control. To learn more,
visit CDC's EIP website.
Oregon's EIP
Oregon's EIP is housed in the Oregon Health Authority's Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention Section and includes these core activities:
To see all Oregon Emerging Infections Program special studies, go to
EIP special studies.
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