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  2. Epidemic Intelligence Service - Wikipedia

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    The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is a program of the United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [3] The modern EIS is a two-year, hands-on post-doctoral training program in epidemiology , with a focus on field work .

  3. Field epidemiology - Wikipedia

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    Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs) are two-year applied public health training programs modeled after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). FETPs are established within host country ministries of health to enhance the epidemiologic capacity of the public health workforce and ...

  4. Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services

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    The Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services (CSELS) is a branch of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that provides scientific service, expertise, skills, and tools in support of national efforts to promote health; prevent disease, injury and disability; and prepare for emerging health threats. [1]

  5. Alexander Langmuir - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Duncan Langmuir (/ ˈ l æ ŋ m j ʊər /; September 12, 1910 – November 22, 1993) was an American epidemiologist who served as Chief Epidemiologist of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 1949 to 1970, developing the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) as a training program for epidemiologists.

  6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Wikipedia

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    The CDC has been working with the WHO to implement the International Health Regulations, an agreement between 196 countries to prevent, control, and report on the international spread of disease, through initiatives including the Global Disease Detection Program (GDD). [101] The CDC has also been involved in implementing the U.S. global health ...

  7. Organization of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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    CDC Director William Foege spearheaded the creation of individual centers within CDC Organization of CDC in 1999 CDC's modern organization of having multiple constituent centers, institutes, and offices (CIOs) was established in 1980, at the same time its name changed from the singular "Center for Disease Control" to plural "Centers for Disease ...

  8. A rare fungal infection is popping in an unexpected part of ...

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    Borah, who was previously a CDC epidemic intelligence service officer assigned to the Vermont Department of Health, said that there had been some reports of blastomycosis cases in the Northeast ...

  9. Essence (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early ...

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    Though the program was originally intended for early detection of bioterrorism attacks in the Washington, D.C., area in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the U.S. Army Surgeon General, James Peake, ordered Jay Mansfield, the information technology specialist responsible for the IT development of ESSENCE, to expand ESSENCE to look globally ...