FOREIGN
DESK
| July 21, 2003, Monday
New W.H.O.
Chief Plans Training Program to Fight
Epidemics
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN (NYT) 766
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ABSTRACT
- Dr Jong Wook Lee, incoming director
general of World Health Orgn, announces
plans to train cadre of young
epidemiologists to battle outbreaks like
SARS, emulating program that has long helped
United States play leadership role in public
health; says new program will be modeled
after Epidemic Intelligence Service, which
has been backbone of Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention; creating similar
program will be bold step for WHO, which has
traditionally focused more on convening
independent experts for technical reviews
and providing advice to countries than
serving as rapid-response, action-oriented
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