Local cross-border disease surveillance and control: experiences from the Mekong Basin.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance cooperation (MBDS) is one of several sub-regional disease surveillance networks that have emerged in recent years as an approach to transnational cooperation for infectious disease prevention and control. Since 2003 MBDS has pioneered a unique model for local cross-border cooperation. This study examines stakeholders' perspectives of these MBDS experiences, based on a survey of local managers and semi-structured interviews with MBDS leaders and the central coordinator.

Results

Fifteen managers from 12 of 20 paired cross-border sites completed a written survey. They all monitor most or all of the 17 diseases agreed upon for MBDS surveillance information sharing. Fourteen agreed or strongly agreed with statements about the core

SUBMITTER: Moore M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4374506 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature