
Understanding of Emerging and Re-Emerging Diseases (EID and REID)
Author(s) -
Nobuhiko Okabe
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2011.p0372
Subject(s) - infectious disease (medical specialty) , emerging infectious disease , emerging markets , disease , medicine , political science , development economics , business , risk analysis (engineering) , economics , pathology , finance
Infectious diseases are no longer fatal enabling many people to live without anxiety. However, provision to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (EID/REID) are new global issues and every country has been requested to strengthen core capacity for infectious disease early detection and control. In this issue, background and concept of EID/REID, and Japanese efforts including introduction of Infectious Disease Control Law and surveillance system were described.