Year: 2010
Resolution Number: 55
Action Taken: Approved
Status:
Author(s): Ponon Dileep Kumar, MD
Sponsor: Michael L. Gambel, MD
On behalf of: International Medical Graduate Section
Committee: D (Public Health)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work with federal government and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to take the lead, working with global health organizations, to establish a global surveillance system of zoonotic diseases in both humans and animals with better collaboration of human and animal health sectors resulting in improved early detection and responses.RATIONALE: The Committee supported the need to track zoonotic diseases, especially with the increase in global travel. The Committee determined that much of this surveillance is already happening with Avian flu and H1N1.
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work with federal government and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to take the lead, working with global health organizations, to establish a global surveillance system of zoonotic diseases in both humans and animals with better collaboration of human and animal health sectors resulting in improved early detection and responses.RATIONALE: The Committee supported the need to track zoonotic diseases, especially with the increase in global travel. The Committee determined that much of this surveillance is already happening with Avian flu and H1N1.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Global Tracking System of Zoonotic Diseases