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Communicable Disease Surveillance
(CDS) is one of the key areas of work at WHO’s Thailand
country office. Our major partners include several departments of the
Ministry of Public Health, in particular the Department of Disease Control,
the Department of Medical Sciences, and the Department of Medical Services.
This area of work focuses on communicable diseases of public health
importance covering surveillance and responses of endemic, emerging and
re-emerging infectious diseases. We also work with other ministries,
universities and other institutes operating in this area.
Since the International Health
Regulations (2005) came into force on 15 June 2007, we have taken this tool
as a useful opportunity to support the Ministry of Public Health in
developing its infectious disease surveillance and response system to meet
the IHR requirements.
During the current 2008–2009
biennium, the support to our partners focuses on:
 Strengthening collaboration mechanisms between
the public and animal health sectors to promote the prevention and control of
avian influenza and zoonotic diseases of national
importance.
Enhancing personnel capacity in surveillance
and responses to communicable diseases of public health importance.
Developing and updating tools to improve
prevention, control and management of communicable diseases.
Strengthening networks of public health
laboratories in communicable diseases.
Developing and maintaining reliable data on
incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases or other communicable diseases of
public health importance available through burden analysis and timely
surveillance systems supported by standardised
laboratory networks.
Conducting research on prevention and control
of communicable diseases.
Capacity building for development of local
relevant vaccines.
Assessing and improving national core
capacities required under IHR (2005).
Enhancing capacities of personnel in response
to major epidemics and pandemics.
Strengthening communications to enhance capacities of country CSR and IHR
focal points.
International Health Regulations (2005) – Thai / English.
Please click here
for the latest Communicable Disease Newsletter, Vol.5 Issue 5, from the World
Health Organization, South-East Asia Regional Office.
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