à ? Continue stockpiling medical countermeasures in preparation for potential crisis conditions;
à ? Expand and maintain the informal contact network to support tactical early warning and situational awareness;
à ?
Deploy Intercept Teams to provide rapid response support, rapidly
evaluate events of interest, and forward information back to the Haitian Ministry of
Health; and
à ? Teach a new cadre of Haitian operational biosurveillance analysts for sustainability in Haiti.
The future is promising for Haiti if we aggressively seize
the opportunity to teach Haitians a new discipline that is rooted in rumor
surveillance behavior as old as humanity.
Haiti can be the first country in the world to anticipate and
proactively intervene outbreaks and epidemics and serve as a model for the rest
of the world. But now there is an
imminent crisis on our hands, where large numbers of children may die from
infectious disease.
Now we have an opportunity to act decisively for the love of Haiti.
James M. Wilson V, M.D.
Executive Director, Praecipio International
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