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WELCOME
The ProMED Electronic Network was inaugurated on the Internet in
August 1994 by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) to
serve as a prototype for the communications system that will be
needed to monitor emerging infectious diseases globally.
Establishing a direct partnership among scientists and doctors in
all parts of the world is a central goal of the ProMED
initiative. Sharing information on a timely basis, and discussing
emerging disease concerns, furthers that goal. FAS invites and
welcomes the participation of all interested colleagues in the
ProMED Electronic Network. HealthNet/SatelLife is a non-profit
organisation based in the USA to serve medical organisations in
the Third World though communications.
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5] promed-ahead-digest: cumulated reports - all topics from AHEAD
6] promed-plant: Plant / Emerging Plant Diseases
7] promed-plant-digest: cumulated reports - all topics from PLANT
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animal diseases, including vector-borne diseases that have animal
as well as human hosts, and zoonoses. Similarly, the frequency of
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Background on the ProMED Initiative
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ProMED, begun in late 1992, is an initiative of the Federation of
American Scientists (FAS) to explore how a global system might be
structured and implemented. This initiative was formally launched
in September 1993 at a Geneva conference co-sponsored by the
World Health Organization. Since that time several national,
regional and international agencies have drawn up plans for
monitoring and responding to outbreaks of infectious diseases.
Complementing these governmental proposals, the ProMED initiative
has circulated a global plan in draft form to experts around the
world. The ProMED Electronic Network will likely continue, even
after a formal global program is established.
Behind this initiative lie numerous recent episodes of emerging and re-emerging infections, including the global AIDS pandemic, the continuing spread of dengue viruses, the now frequent appearance of hitherto unrecognized diseases such as the hemorrhagic fevers, the resurgence of old scourges like tuberculosis and cholera in new and more severe forms, and the economic and environmental dangers of similar occurrences in animals and plants. They attest to our continuing vulnerability to infectious diseases and impel scientists to work together and with government to achieve a higher level of health security for people throughout the world.
Funding for the ProMED initiative comes from grants to the FAS Fund, the tax-deductible arm of the Federation of American Scientists, a Washington-based center of policy research, analysis and education. Current funders are The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation.
Additional support comes from SatelLife, a
non-profit group based in Boston, Massachusetts. Since August
1995 the ProMED Electronic Conference has been carried free of
charge over SatelLife's HealthNet, a system of low-cost ground
stations linked to low-orbit satellites which now provide
communications to health workers in 16 African and 4 Asian
countries, some of whom are based at remote outposts.
Who's Who in ProMed
Stephen S. Morse, professor of virology at The Rockefeller
University, is Chair, ProMED Steering Committee. Contact him at morse@rockvax.rockefeller.edu
Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, professor at the State University of New York-Purchase, is Project Coordinator. Contact her at bhrosenb@purvid.purchase.edu
The ProMED Steering Committee and distinguished Members of the Working Groups on human, animal and plant disease include leading experts from 40 countries. To receive current lists, contact dpreslar@fas.org
Jack Woodall, director of the arbovirus laboratory of the New York State Department of Health at Albany and Chairman of the ProMED Communications Task Force, is the ProMED List Moderator. Contact him at woodall@wadsworth.org
Martin Hugh-Jones, director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Training in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems for Veterinary Public Health at Louisiana State University, is the Animal Disease List (AHEAD) Moderator. Contact him at mehj2020@vt8200.vetmed.lsu.edu
ProMED's Animal Disease (AHEAD) conference
is coordinated by Dorothy B. Preslar, Washington ProMED Officer
at the Federation of American Scientists. Contact her at dpreslar@fas.org.
The new ProMED Plant conference is coordinated by Pamela
Anderson,
at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali,
Columbia.
Contact her at <p.anderson@CGNET.COM>.