The Framework describes a range of challenges that must be addressed to protect Americans from the growing public health threat of vector-borne disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
While the Framework presents simply the foundations for a nationwide strategy on vector-borne disease mitigation, it is a critical first step in unifying surveillance, prevention, and control efforts to improve public health capacity.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released A National Public Health Framework for the Prevention and Control of Vector-borne Diseases in Humans. In particular, the recession of 2008 depleted funding for local and state health departments, reducing many to legislatively mandated activities only. However, funding typically quickly declines after the initial response is over, and the failure to sustain funding at a stable level inhibits the long-term maintenance and efficacy of vector and vector-borne disease surveillance and control programs. Vector-borne disease prevention and control has experienced sporadic funding over the decades, with spikes in emergency funds following the detection of novel vector-borne pathogens, such as West Nile and Zika viruses. The Entomological Society of America and more than 25 like-minded organizations that make up the Vector-Borne Disease Network view this new report as an important step forward, as it outlines strategic priorities to address these shortcomings and enhance detection, prevention, and control of vector-borne diseases in the U.S. Americans are at increasing risk of exposure to vector-borne diseases domestically and abroad, yet federal, state, and local public health agencies remain inadequately prepared to execute timely and effective responses to these threats (see, for example, the National Association of County and City Health Officials’ 2016 nationwide vector control assessment, which is set to be updated this year).
0 kommentar(er)
