Health Minister, NAMRU-3 official discuss further cooperation
Health Minister Feras Al Hawari on Wednesday discussed with Samuel Levine, Commander of the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 3 (NAMRU-3) in Cairo, Egypt, means of cooperation in areas of communicable and infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance surveillance, insect-borne diseases and the genetic sequence of some novel infectious diseases.
Hawari stressed the importance of this cooperation, praising NAMRU-3's role in contributing to raising the ministry's capacities in area of disease diagnosis and surveillance.
The two officials also agreed on extending, for an additional five years, a joint cooperation program in areas of surveillance for Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI), influenza-like respiratory illnesses, hospital-acquired infections, vector-borne diseases, bacterial response for antibiotics, and other infectious diseases surveillance and response programs.
Noteworthy, the ministry and NAMRU-3 launched in 2006 a respiratory disease surveillance program which led to the establishment of a database that helps in identifying the beginning and end of the influenza season and other acute respiratory infections.
Health Minister Feras Al Hawari on Wednesday discussed with Samuel Levine, Commander of the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 3 (NAMRU-3) in Cairo, Egypt, means of cooperation in areas of communicable and infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance surveillance, insect-borne diseases and the genetic sequence of some novel infectious diseases.
Hawari stressed the importance of this cooperation, praising NAMRU-3's role in contributing to raising the ministry's capacities in area of disease diagnosis and surveillance.
The two officials also agreed on extending, for an additional five years, a joint cooperation program in areas of surveillance for Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI), influenza-like respiratory illnesses, hospital-acquired infections, vector-borne diseases, bacterial response for antibiotics, and other infectious diseases surveillance and response programs.
Noteworthy, the ministry and NAMRU-3 launched in 2006 a respiratory disease surveillance program which led to the establishment of a database that helps in identifying the beginning and end of the influenza season and other acute respiratory infections.
Health Minister Feras Al Hawari on Wednesday discussed with Samuel Levine, Commander of the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 3 (NAMRU-3) in Cairo, Egypt, means of cooperation in areas of communicable and infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance surveillance, insect-borne diseases and the genetic sequence of some novel infectious diseases.
Hawari stressed the importance of this cooperation, praising NAMRU-3's role in contributing to raising the ministry's capacities in area of disease diagnosis and surveillance.
The two officials also agreed on extending, for an additional five years, a joint cooperation program in areas of surveillance for Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI), influenza-like respiratory illnesses, hospital-acquired infections, vector-borne diseases, bacterial response for antibiotics, and other infectious diseases surveillance and response programs.
Noteworthy, the ministry and NAMRU-3 launched in 2006 a respiratory disease surveillance program which led to the establishment of a database that helps in identifying the beginning and end of the influenza season and other acute respiratory infections.
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Health Minister, NAMRU-3 official discuss further cooperation
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