Public-Private
Initiatives Needed to Combat Infectious Diseases
[Posted 10/30/2008]
The
Trust for America’s Health has released a report
alerting us of the immediate need to develop ways to
fight emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.
Germs Go Global: Why Emerging Infectious Diseases
Are a Threat to America cautions that Americans
should not feel that they are safe, that these
diseases only affect third-world, poor countries.
The report states over 170,000 Americans die each
year from such diseases, and, worldwide, they are a
major killer of adults and the leading killer of
children and adolescents.
Some diseases cited in the report:
Related Links:
Trust for America's Health: Summary
Germs Go Global Full Report
Infectious Diseases Society of America: Facts
Healthfinder News Article
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