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Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases
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1994 - present
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ProMED-mail, global Internet-driven reporting network used to warn of potential outbreaks of infectious disease and of exposures to toxic substances of animals or plants intended for human consumption. ProMED-mail was established as a nonprofit project in 1994 by the Federation of American Scientists. In 1999 it became a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. Information about outbreaks of potentially virulent emerging diseases, such as Ebola, bird flu, and COVID-19, must be communicated rapidly to health ministries and organizations not only in affected regions but also in nearby areas. Early reporting allows public health workers to take steps to ...(100 of 284 words)

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