“Trade and Travel Impacts of Infec­tions Diseases”

 Overview:

To high­light expe­ri­ences and lessons learned from the Asia Pacific com­mu­nity in respond­ing to infec­tious dis­eases lead­ing to travel and trade impacts, such as travel restric­tions and trade embargoes.

Par­tic­i­pat­ing Economies:

Aus­tralia, Chile, Bali (Indone­sia), Malaysia, The Philip­pines, Sin­ga­pore,
Chi­nese Taipei, The United States

Date and Time:

10 Novem­ber 2011 (USA, Chile)
Uni­ver­sity of Wash­ing­ton, Seat­tle 15:30 — 17:30 (PST)
11 Novem­ber 2011 (Asia) 23:30 — 01:30 (UTC)

Event High­lights:

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Agenda:

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Pre­sen­ta­tions:

Sin­ga­pore
Pre­sen­ta­tion Title: Impact of MDRTB Cases among Med­ical Tourists in Sin­ga­pore
Speak­ers: Ms. Jayne Lim, Senior Pub­lic Health Offi­cer, Min­istry of Health, Singapore

Chi­nese Taipei
Pre­sen­ta­tion Title: Devel­op­ment of Travel Med­i­cine in Chi­nese Taipei
Speaker: Ms. Li– Gin Wu, Tech­ni­cal Spe­cial­ist, Cen­ters for Dis­ease Con­trol, Chi­nese Taipei

The United States
Pre­sen­ta­tion Title: Mul­ti­state Out­break of Lis­te­ria Infec­tions Linked to Can­taloupe, United States, 2011 – The Dead­liest Food­borne Out­break in 80 Years
Speaker: Dr. Robert Tauxe, Deputy Direc­tor, Divi­sion of Food­borne, Water­borne and Envi­ron­men­tal Dis­eases, National Cen­ter for Emerg­ing and Zoonotic Infec­tious Dis­eases, Cen­ters for Dis­ease Con­trol and Pre­ven­tion, United States