APEC Dengue Workshop and Training Course

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APEC Dengue Workshop and Training Course
Dec.2-Dec.3,2005
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Welcome Address

• Dear Colleagues,
• The Center for Disease Control (CDC),
  Department of Health Taiwan, is greatly honoured
  and pleased to invite you to attend the APEC
  Workshop and Training Course onVirological
  Surveillance, Diagnosis, and Molecular
  Epidemiology of Dengue Fever from December 2 to
  3, 2005.Dengue fever is a viral illness that
  occurs in most tropical and sub-tropical areas.
  The global prevalence of dengue has grown
  dramatically in recent decades. Dengue fever has
  put 2.5 billion people at risk and has become a
  major international public health concern. As a
  result of urbanization, growing worldwide
  communication, and abnormal weather, dengue fever
  has turned into one of the most serious
  arthropod-borne virus infection in Southeast
  Asia. In recent years, dengue fever outbreaks
  have spread through Southeast Asian countries,
  because of the close commercial links and air
  travel. A DEN-1 outbreak in 1987-1988 and a DEN-2
  outbreak in 2001-2002 occurred in the southern
  part of Taiwan resulting in several hundreds of
  dengue hemorrhagic fever cases. These outbreaks
  seriously threatened the populations safety and
  raised public concerns. To face this issue, a
  joint dengue fever control center was set up, by
  the Department of Health, to create integrated
  programs for the efficient prevention and control
  of the disease.This workshop is the third
  international dengue fever conference held in
  Taiwan since the first was co-organized with CDC,
  USA, in December 2002. We have invited numerous
  expert speakers to share their ideas, visions,
  and suggestions on dengue research. Through
  discussions and lectures in this conference, we
  expect updated information regarding Virological
  Surveillance, Diagnosis and Molecular
  Epidemiology of Dengue. In addition, the latest
  investigation for developing vaccines and therapy
  against dengue will be discussed. Our mission is
  to construct a laboratorial base network for
  dengue surveillance under the APEC Health Task
  Force electronic platform. We hope to enhance
  regional cooperation between APEC members and
  effectively control dengue fever and dengue
  hemorrhagic fever. The APEC Workshop and
  Training Course on Virological Surveillance,
  Diagnosis, and Molecular Epidemiology of Dengue
  promises to be a particularly exciting and
  scientifically stimulating event. Your
  participation will indeed efficiently contribute
  to the success of this meeting. Please mark this
  event down on your calendar now, and we look
  forward to seeing you in Taipei this December.

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Background
Dengue has become one of the most important
infectious diseases in the world in recent years.
It is a health problem of many members of APEC,
causing significant social cost and economic
losses. Due to intense international air travel,
dengue has to be controlled through international
cooperation. Taiwan CDC of Chinese Taipei and
CDC-USA had jointly hold the first training
course on Molecular epidemiology of dengue
viruses on 2-6, December 2002, in Taipei. This
was followed by a second workshop on APEC
Control of Dengue Outbreaks Regional Cooperation
Workshop on 17-21, November 2003, in Kaohsiung.
On April 2004, the first Health Task Force (HTF)
meeting of APEC approved Chinese Taipei proposal
to hold a conference on the topic of Virological
Surveillance, Diagnosis, and Molecular
Epidemiology of Dengue on 2-7, December 2005 in
Taipei. The organization committee has organized
this conference into two parts a workshop, which
is open to all interested participants and a
training course, which is reserved for those
representatives assigned from each member
economies of APEC.
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Goal
The aim of this conference is to provide updated
information in the fields of surveillance,
diagnosis, molecular epidemiology and control of
dengue through lectures and discussions by
leading experts. In addition, updated knowledge
on dengue vaccine research and drug discovery
will be reviewed. The training course will
contain lectures, panel discussions and practical
trainings on molecular diagnosis, serological
diagnosis, and molecular epidemiology. One of the
goals of this conference is to establish a dengue
network with laboratory based surveillance system
among all APEC member economies. It is
anticipated that future cooperation will be
established to facilitate the communication of
member economies in dengue surveillance, clinical
and laboratory diagnoses, prevention, clinical
treatment and control.
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