Open AccessEngland’s Chief Medical Officer announces first national strategy against infectious disease
Author(s) -
B Twisselmann
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.03.02010-en
Subject(s) - officer , infectious disease (medical specialty) , communicable disease , chief executive officer , disease control , medicine , new england , disease , management , political science , family medicine , public health , environmental health , law , nursing , pathology , politics , economics
The Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson, has published the first ever national strategy for combating infectious disease, as reported in last week’s Communicable Disease Report (1). Getting ahead of the curve – a strategy for combating infectious disease <www.doh.gov.uk/cmo/idstrategy/index.htm> outlines a strategy that is radical in including infection control in the wider remit of health protection