Preparing Lao PDR to manage emerging infectious disease threats through field epidemiology training

Periodontal Disease in Lao Pdr

The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of periodontal diseases in Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR. This survey was conducted 14 years after the country reformed its economic structure towards the free market. Thirty villages were picked by simple random sampling from a total of 1,560 villages. Two thousand four hundred and fifty-three individuals, aged twelve and over, were in...

Pediatric residency training in Lao PDR.

Training in Infectious Disease Epidemiology through the Emerging Infections Program Sites

One objective of the Emerging Infections Program (EIP) of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is to provide training opportunities in infectious disease epidemiology. To determine the extent of training performed since the program's inception in 1995, we reviewed training efforts at the 10 EIP sites. By 2015, all sites hosted trainees (most were graduate public health students and...

Addressing emerging infectious disease threats--accomplishments and future plans.

In 1962, Sir McFarland Burnet wrote, “One can think of the middle of the 20th century as the end of one of the most important social revolutions in history—the virtual elimination of the infectious disease as a significant factor in social life” (1). This statement is at the core of many years of neglect of infectious diseases—it represents complacency with a capital “C,” and we are now paying ...

Capacity Building in Response to Pandemic Influenza Threats: Lao PDR Case Study

The Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) committed to pandemic detection and response preparations when faced with the threat of avian influenza. Since 2006, the National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology of Lao PDR has developed credible laboratory, surveillance, and epidemiological (human) capacity and as a result was designated a World Health Organization National Influenza Center in ...