Transcript THE BUGS ARE COMING Preparedness and Infectious Diseases

THE BUGS ARE COMING
Preparedness and Infectious Diseases
Lessons Learned
Anna M. Likos, MD, MPH
State Epidemiologist and Director
Division of Disease Control and Health Protection
Florida Department of Health
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To protect, promote and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county, and community efforts.
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To Put Things in Context
A little bit about me
Started Medical School in 1991
Internal Medicine Residency 1995-1998
Preventive Medicine Residency 2000-2002
Air National Guard: Operation Enduring Freedom
CDC: 2003-2013
CDC Director: Haiti 2007-2009
Ivory Coast 2009-2011
Morocco 2011-2012
Polio in Africa 2012-2013
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It’s Been Busy
Brucellosis (Saudi Arabia)
Mers CoV (Saudi Arabia)
Chikungunya (Carribean and Asia)
Dengue (All over)
Malaria (All over)
Chagas Disease (Central and South America)
Measles (Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Australia)
Cholera (Haiti, Cuba)
Threat of Ebola
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So What Have We Learned?
It is not over yet…the lessons are still coming
As of Feb 8, 2015:
22,894 Cases
9,177 Deaths
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Number of Cases Each Week
Guinea
Liberia
Sierra Leone
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So What Have We Learned?
The Value of Subject Matter Expertise
The Value of Partnerships
The Value of Communication
The Value of Leveraging Resources
The Value of Trust
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What Might We Think About?
The Value of Innovation
If I can’t get what I want,
is there another way to get what I need?
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My Most Recent Hero
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My Most Recent Hero
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What Will We Gain?
From HIV, we got Universal Precautions
From Ebola, we could get:
– Better use of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions
– Routine collection of a travel history
– Greater sense of the global village
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Being Informed IS Being Prepared
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www.who.int
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Europe
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The Americas
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To Cure Disease is Glory
To Prevent Disease is Victory
Thank You
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