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Volume 23, Supplement—December 2017
SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
Global Health Security Supplement
Detect

Global Disease Detection—Achievements in Applied Public Health Research, Capacity Building, and Public Health Diplomacy, 2001–2016

Carol Y. RaoComments to Author , Grace W. Goryoka, Olga L. Henao, Kevin R. Clarke, Stephanie J. Salyer, and Joel M. Montgomery
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C.Y. Rao, G.W. Goryoka, O.L. Henao, K.R. Clarke, S.J. Salyer, J.M. Montgomery); Emory University, Atlanta (G.W. Goryoka)

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Table 2

Number of projects conducted by Global Disease Detection Program regional centers, by topical area and activity type assessed, fiscal years 2015 and 2016*

Topical area Definition No. projects Activity type*
PHR S L PHI CB
Acute respiratory illness
 Syndromic surveillance focusing on respiratory pathogens (e.g., influenza, severe acute respiratory infections, pneumonia)
 50
 37
 25
 32
 24
 19
Health system strengthening
 Incorporating any components of training, guidelines and protocol development, or capacity building to enhance the national disease surveillance system, workforce development, epidemiologic research, or information systems
 36
 7
 2
 7
 6
 34
One Health
 The intersection of animal and human health, zoonotic diseases, or program development around zoonoses
 30
 13
 14
 15
 10
 16
Emerging infectious disease
 Emerging or reemerging infectious disease within the regional center (e.g., hepatitis in Egypt and Georgia, polio in Kenya, neglected tropical diseases in Guatemala)
 22
 8
 12
 13
 10
 12
Emergency preparedness and response
 Emergency preparedness and response efforts focusing on risk communication, pathogen detection, and outbreak investigation
 19
 2
 1
 0
 2
 19
Vectorborne infections
 Vectorborne infections (e.g., malaria, dengue, Japanese encephalitis, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever)
 12
 5
 5
 7
 4
 5
Hospital-associated infections
 Healthcare infection and control
 9
 5
 4
 4
 1
 4
Tuberculosis
 Tuberculosis infection, case findings, control, and treatment
 9
 7
 1
 5
 4
 3
Enteric disease
 Diarrheal diseases or infection
 8
 3
 6
 6
 6
 6
Antimicrobial resistance
 Antimicrobial drug–resistant pathogens
 6
 1
 1
 2
 1
 5
Acute febrile illness
 Syndromic surveillance focusing on acute febrile or neurologic illness
 4
 4
 4
 4
 4
 2
Total no. projects 205 92 75 95 72 125

*October 1, 2014–September 30, 2016. Activities do not sum across the rows because activity types are not mutually exclusive. CB, technical capacity building; L, laboratory; PHI, public health informatics; PHR, applied public health research; S, surveillance.

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