International Outbreak Assistance
Dedicate specific resources—epidemiologic, diagnostic, and logistic—to international outbreak investigations.

A Global Approach to Disease Surveillance
Work with WHO and other partners to provide technical assistance to regional networks in Africa, Asia, and Latin America that can fill gaps in global disease surveillance and become components of a global network of networks.

Applied Research on Diseases of Global Importance
Establish two or more long-term, on-site research collaborations in developing countries to test new strategies for disease control and prevention.

Application of Proven Public Health Tools
Work with a developing-country partner to launch a demonstration project that employs three or more proven public health tools to prevent and control infectious diseases, depending on local priorities.

Global Initiatives for Disease Control
Work with foreign ministries of health and WHO to complete the eradication of polio and guinea worm disease.

Help implement HIV/AIDS control programs on all continents through CDC’s Global AIDS Program. Work with the Roll Back Malaria partnership to help implement and monitor disease control and prevention programs in areas with high rates of transmission.

Work with the Stop TB Initiative to improve global surveillance, prevention, and medical management of TB, including multidrug-resistant TB, in areas with high rates of transmission.

Establish population-based surveillance centers to monitor the impact of vaccine use on diseases targeted by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization. These surveillance centers may become the nuclei of future International Emerging Infections Program sites.

Public Health Training and Capacity Building
Establish the first International Emerging Infections Program as a partnership among a ministry of health, CDC, a Field Epidemiology Training Program, and one or more local universities or medical research institutes. An initial priority will be to establish training in field epidemiology, applied laboratory science, and public health management.