What kind of monitoring system is in place for infectious disease outbreaks?
A. The same Network that recently picked up and verified rumours of the current outbreak of urban yellow fever in Abidjan, Cote d Ivoire, and that rapidly verified the existence of Ebola in Uganda last year would quickly identify reports of any unusual outbreak of an infectious disease. All reports are thoroughly checked against epidemiological information about background levels of disease in a particular country or region.
