Communicable Disease Control

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Communicable Disease Control Meeting the
Challenges Annual Faculty of Public Health
Medicine Conference June 27, 2002
Southport
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Old foes and new

• polio
• meningococcal group C disease
• diphtheria
• measles
• TB
• Food poisoning
• HAI
• HIV/AIDS
• emerging infections
• biological terrorism

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Responsibility and accountability for CDC

• Local authorities
• PCTs
• StHA
• RDPH
• HPA

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Strengthen the evidence base

• multidisciplinary
• biomedical
• social sciences
• develop research capacity
• resources
• programmes
• focus on interventions
• focus on evaluation

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Building capacity

• from reactive to proactive
• secure resources
• best use of resources
• document current practice
• develop multidisciplinary teams

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Develop multidisciplinary practice
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Develop multidisciplinary practice

• Medical consultants - necessary but not
  sufficient
• contribution of other disciplines
• Facultys role
• - professional standards
• - training CPD
• clinical governance

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Developing surveillance

• programmes fit for purpose
• simplifying data capture
• appropriate data flows
• universal or targeted
• capacity
• analysis
• interpretation
• modelling

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Strengthen old relationships and develop new

• communities
• local public health networks
• key partners
• - individuals
• - organisations

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Construct the HPA fit for purpose

• new identity
• locally credible
• intelligent accountability
• non-bureaucratic
• non-hierarchical
• devolved resources and decision making