From zita at ISI.EDU Tue Dec 16 17:07:10 2003 From: zita at ISI.EDU (Zita Wenzel) Date: Wed Mar 31 14:16:56 2004 Subject: [APRU-GID] New APEC Themes on Health and Infectious Diseases Message-ID: <3FDFAC3E.6080701@isi.edu> One of the three focus areas for the United States in regards to APEC is: Health and Infectious Diseases Agree to take collaborative steps to contribute science and technology expertise to today's health and infectious diseases challenges, (Attachment A). Attachment A. Health and Infectious Diseases Since 1995, APEC has pursued a health agenda focused on emerging infectious diseases. In Brunei in 2000, Leaders called for a strategy to fight infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS. In Shanghai in 2001, Leaders reviewed and endorsed the resulting strategy, and called for its implementation across all relevant APEC fora. In Los Cabos, Leaders acknowledged the importance of investing in health, and called for health actions from prevention to care; public health surveillance and electronic networking; healthcare accreditation; and a new life sciences innovation forum. APEC has made progress on the health agenda since its inception, but substantial new efforts are critical: more and new work in strategic areas, and engagement of a larger number of partners in such efforts. The following is an illustrative list of health-related APEC priorities, with much room for addition and modification: * Electronic networking: Surveillance and early warning, distance learning, information/database sharing * Pandemic influenza preparedness/planning * Food safety: technology-based real-time surveillance and control * Large event surveillance: (addresses naturally occurring and deliberate events) * Accreditation: approaches to help assure quality of health care/services * Life sciences innovation: forum in support of human health * Antimicrobial resistance: e.g., technology development/application, surveillance, sharing of databases * Prevention and control of other infectious diseases: especially those relevant to trade and economic concerns: e.g., dengue, hepatitis, HIV/AIDS * Water and human health Proposed APEC themes for 2003 are relevant to APEC's evolving health agenda: partnerships, knowledge-based economies, human security, and development. These will propel the Science and Technology agenda into 2004 and the scheduled Ministerial Meetings in March. A particularly fruitful area for focused discussion by APEC Science and Technology Ministers in Christchurch could be the intersection of S&T and health. With regard to the illustrative priorities above, areas of Science and Technology interface include, but are not limited to the following: * Information and communications technologies for electronic networking, special event surveillance (includes data mining technologies), and regional disease prevention/control coordination, e.g., pandemic influenza preparedness (technology application and training) * Laboratory diagnostic technologies for rapid, real-time, accurate diagnosis and molecular level strain testing, e.g., "molecular epidemiology" (technology development and training) * Pharmaceutical industry technologies for development of new vaccines and therapeutic agents (technology development and marketing) * Water-related technologies supportive of human health (e.g., point of use and other approaches to provide safe drinking water in underserved urban and rural areas - supports Millennium Development Goal) Best regards, Zita Wenzel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.isi.edu/pipermail/apru-gid/attachments/20031216/63133008/attachment.html From akimball at u.washington.edu Wed Dec 17 10:21:03 2003 From: akimball at u.washington.edu (Ann Marie Kimball) Date: Wed Mar 31 14:16:57 2004 Subject: [APRU-GID] New APEC Themes on Health and Infectious Diseases In-Reply-To: <3FDFAC3E.6080701@isi.edu> References: <3FDFAC3E.6080701@isi.edu> Message-ID: Thank you for circulating this. As you all may know, our Emerging Infections Network activity within APEC was cited by the Leaders in their 2003 global biosecurity statement (see APEC secretariate page) as an example of the kind of activities they are interested in. Members interested in what we look like are invited to go to our website at www.apec.org/infectious or at http://depts.washington.edu/apecein. Those interested in getting involved with this area within APEC are invited to get in touch with me to discuss. We have been working with APEC to move this initiative forward since 1995. Best holiday regards to all. On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Zita Wenzel wrote: > One of the three focus areas for the United States in regards to APEC is: > > Health and Infectious Diseases > > Agree to take collaborative steps to contribute science and technology > expertise to today's health and infectious diseases challenges, > (Attachment A). > > Attachment A. Health and Infectious Diseases > > Since 1995, APEC has pursued a health agenda focused on emerging > infectious diseases. In Brunei in 2000, Leaders called for a strategy > to fight infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS. In Shanghai in 2001, > Leaders reviewed and endorsed the resulting strategy, and called for its > implementation across all relevant APEC fora. In Los Cabos, Leaders > acknowledged the importance of investing in health, and called for > health actions from prevention to care; public health surveillance and > electronic networking; healthcare accreditation; and a new life sciences > innovation forum. APEC has made progress on the health agenda since its > inception, but substantial new efforts are critical: more and new work > in strategic areas, and engagement of a larger number of partners in > such efforts. > > The following is an illustrative list of health-related APEC priorities, > with much room for addition and modification: > > * Electronic networking: Surveillance and early warning, distance > learning, information/database sharing > * Pandemic influenza preparedness/planning > * Food safety: technology-based real-time surveillance and control > * Large event surveillance: (addresses naturally occurring and > deliberate events) > * Accreditation: approaches to help assure quality of health > care/services > * Life sciences innovation: forum in support of human health > * Antimicrobial resistance: e.g., technology > development/application, surveillance, sharing of databases > * Prevention and control of other infectious diseases: especially > those relevant to trade and economic concerns: e.g., dengue, > hepatitis, HIV/AIDS > * Water and human health > > Proposed APEC themes for 2003 are relevant to APEC's evolving health > agenda: partnerships, knowledge-based economies, human security, and > development. These will propel the Science and Technology agenda into > 2004 and the scheduled Ministerial Meetings in March. A particularly > fruitful area for focused discussion by APEC Science and Technology > Ministers in Christchurch could be the intersection of S&T and health. > With regard to the illustrative priorities above, areas of Science and > Technology interface include, but are not limited to the following: > > * Information and communications technologies for electronic > networking, special event surveillance (includes data mining > technologies), and regional disease prevention/control > coordination, e.g., pandemic influenza preparedness (technology > application and training) > * Laboratory diagnostic technologies for rapid, real-time, accurate > diagnosis and molecular level strain testing, e.g., "molecular > epidemiology" (technology development and training) > * Pharmaceutical industry technologies for development of new > vaccines and therapeutic agents (technology development and marketing) > * Water-related technologies supportive of human health (e.g., point > of use and other approaches to provide safe drinking water in > underserved urban and rural areas - supports Millennium > Development Goal) > > Best regards, > Zita Wenzel > " Peace is the most precious of human experiences...." Ann Marie Kimball, MD,MPH,FACP Professor Epidemiology, Health Services Adjunct Professor, Biomedical and Health Informatics and Medicine School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington phone: (206)616-2949, pager (206)680-7549 FAX (206)616-9415