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Overview of "Countermeasures to Combat Infectious Diseases in Asia" Project

The "Asian Infectious Disease Project" was adopted at the forth Plenary Meeting of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21 in Jakarta in November 2004 (see Appendix 1 for details). In a move to materialize the project, Tokyo hosted a Conference on the Asian Infectious Disease Project.
The conference on the "Countermeasures to Combat Infectious Diseases in Asia" was held in Tokyo from Thursday, Sep.1 to Saturday, Sep.3, 2005.
Infectious disease experts from six major Asian cities visited Japan for the conference to give presentations and exchange opinions on present conditions surrounding infectious diseases and related countermeasures in these cities. They also observed an infectious disease emergency drill sponsored by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and visited the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health.

Participants (infectious disease experts from participating cities)
7 cities (8 representatives):
New Delhi, Hanoi, Jakarta, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Yangon
* Observers from the Embassies of Malaysia and Myanmar attended the conference in Tokyo.

How to Proceed with "Countermeasures to Combat Infectious Diseases in Asia" Project
(A summary of discussions at the conference)

Cities participating in the project need to enhance cooperation in preventing the outbreak or expansion in Asia of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases, including SARS and HPAI. To this end, the participating cities will implement the following measures:

1. Build the "Information Network System on Infectious Diseases" for exchange of information and opinions and the general sharing of information. Use such communication channels to study how to implement joint surveys and research on infectious diseases.

2. Promote human resources development by mutually providing training and inspection tour opportunities for infectious disease experts including medical doctors and researchers.


* Tokyo Metropolitan Government proposed an infectious information network at the Session 2 of the Main Conference on Saturday, September 3, 2005.
The participating cities approved the construction of the network.