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Global Microbial Threats in the 1990s
Foreward
A U.S. Government interagency working group was convened on
December 14, 1994, to consider the global threat of emerging and re-emerging
infectious diseases. The working group was established under the aegis of the Committee on International Science, Engineering, and Technology Policy (CISET) of President Clinton's National Science and Technology Council.
Dr. David Satcher, the Director of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), chaired the CISET working group,
which included five sub-groups with co-chairs from CDC, the Food
and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health
(NIH), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the
Department of Defense (DoD), and the State Department.
The working group's membership, which included representatives
from more than 17 different Government agencies and departments,
reviewed the U.S. role in detection, reporting, and response to
outbreaks of new and re-emerging infectious diseases and made a
number of recommendations which are described in this report.
The CISET Working Group on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious
Diseases comprised the following agencies and organizations:
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Health Affairs)
Department of the Army
Department of the Navy
Department of Health and Human
Services
Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Food and Drug Administration
National Institutes of Health
Fogarty International Center
National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases
Office of International Health
Department of State
Bureau of Oceans and International
Environment and Scientific Affairs
Bureau of International Organization
Affairs
Office of Medical Services
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Environmental Protection Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Security Council
Office of Global Climate Change
Research Programs
Office of Management and Budget
Peace Corps
U.S. Agency for International Development
White House Office of Science and
Technology Policy
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