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	RIMSA: Inter-American Meeting, at Ministerial Level, on Health and Agriculture

	RIMSA 15: Inter-American Meeting at Ministerial Level on Health and Agriculture (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 11–12 June 2008)

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Surveillance
Featured Surveillance Items
	Fish-Kill Outbreak in the Southern Caribbean: Epidemiology and Public-Health Impact This 28-slide PowerPoint presentation gives an overview of the initial experience of fish mortality in the southeastern Caribbean in 1999 and discusses its public-health, economic,and political implications, with the hypothesis of Streptococcus iniae involvement. It also shows heretofore unseen satellite images of clorophyll a concentration in the area. PowerPoint

	Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Its Risks: Animal and Public Health, International Trade The identification in 2000 of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in native-born cattle in European countries previously thought to be free of the disease has led to increased concern about the extent of the BSE epidemic and raised questions about the possible risks for public health bse-oie.htm

Situation Reports
	Preventing disease through healthy environments: Towards an estimate of the environmental burden of disease
	Situation Updates— Avian Influenza
Outbreaks
	Situation Updates— Avian Influenza
	WHO Guidance on Public Health Measures in Countries Experiencing Their First Outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza
	WHO recommendations relating to travellers coming from and going to countries experiencing outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza
	Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Poultry and in Humans: Food Safety Implications
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Epidemic Alert and Response
	National Preparedness and Response Plan for an Influenza Pandemic (Mexico)
	Avian Influenza Resource Sites
	Informal Consultation on Influenza Pandemic Preparedness in Countries with Limited Resources (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23–25 June 2004)
	WHO Consultation on Priority Public Health Interventions before and during an Influenza Pandemic (Geneva, 27 April 2004)
Guidelines and Manuals
	The 5 key ways to keep your food safe (Content Manual)
	How to make a plan for safe food in my school? The 5 key ways to have a school with safe food and water: Manual for the Parent Advisory Council
	Activity Book, The 5 key ways to keep your food safe (Teacher's Guide)
	A Guide to Healthy Food Markets
... more Guidelines and Manuals.
Laboratories
	PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers in the Area of Food Safety
Statistical Databases
	Public Health Surveillance in the Americas: National Epidemiological Surveillance and Statistical Information Systems

Product Types and/or Keywords:
Product Types (register under only one): Situation Reports, Country Profiles, Forms, Guidelines and Manuals, Health Profiles and Data, Statistical Databases, Other Databases
Keywords (no limit, or key in Product type/s in keyword field for cross-referencing): Surveillance features Food Safety, Annual status reports, Incidence/Mortality/Fatality, Epidemic alert and response, Incidence and disease registries, Outbreaks, Resistance surveillance, Laboratories, Epidemiological surveillance systems, Geographic information systems, Maps, Groups affected, Risk factors/behaviors

PAHO Links



	Zoonoses/Animal Health
	Veterinary Public Health
	Antimicrobial Resistance

WHO Links
	Food Safety
	Foodborne Disease Surveillance
	Antimicrobial Resistance
	Zoonoses
	Drug Resistance
	Pharmaceutical Products

PAHO Regional Programs
	Food Safety
	Antimicrobial Resistance
	Zoonoses

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