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| Final Report - Task Force on Communicable Disease Control in the Baltic Sea Region | |
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Description: | The Third Baltic Sea States Summit in Kolding, Denmark, in April 2000 decided to establish a Task Force on Communicable Disease Control in the Baltic Sea Region, with Special Representatives from each of the eleven Prime Ministers and the President of the European Commission. Its mission: to reduce through concerted action the risk and burden of communicable diseases in the region. Norway volunteered to chair the Task Force, and to establish a secretariat. This report outlines the structures and the principles of the Task Force collaboration. The available information on the burden of communicable diseases in the Eastern part of the Baltic Sea region strongly suggests that more needs to be done to contain these epidemics. Although the rates of new cases may now be falling, the number of people living with HIV/AIDS continues to rise. The registered rates of new tuberculosis cases have stagnated, but are still unacceptably high. A wide and well-functioning network has been established, on the political level as well as the practical and professional level. These networks must be maintained, and preferably widened. The future collaboration will probably be less in the shape of project support and in terms of funding, as the economic indicators improve. Technical collaboration, common understanding, mutually supportive strategies and acting through established networks will most likely be the four pillars on which future collaboration on communicable disease control in the region will rest. |
Document type: | Monographs, Reports, and Book Chapters |
Language: | English |
Original language of document: | English |
Publication date: | 2004 |
Primary area(s) of focus: | HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Tuberculosis, Infection Control, Public Health |
Date of entry: | January 31, 2005 |
Pages: | 44 |
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