The MBDS (Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance) cooperation is a self-organized sub-regional network commenced in 2001. It is a collaboration effort among six Mekong Basin countries (and provinces of China), including Cambodia, Yunnan (and, since 2006, Guangxi) provinces of China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. It aims to strengthen national and sub-regional capabilities in infectious disease surveillance and outbreak response, especially on 18 currently designated priority diseases including Ebola, MERS, Zika, Malaria and Dengue to rapidly and effectively control them. We would like to updating MBDS activities, upcoming international events, recent update and useful links and thank you for the opportunities you gave us to share with you

MBDS and DTRA Activities

The Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation in collaboration with Ministry of Health, Cambodia, organized a Partner’s Collaboration Forum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 14 - 15 February 2019.The forum was supported by Defense Treat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and its’ aim was to share country specific and regional experiences on outbreak analysis and inter-country, cross-border communication and to discuss future collaboration for regional outbreak analysis and the role of each partner on the way forward.

MBDS Regional Activities

Ubon Ratchathani Provincial Health Office, Thailand has hold “Microscopy training in the project to eliminate liver fluke and bile duct cancer” which has a target group from the workers in the area District health offices and sub-districts in various districts attended training on 6-8 and 13-15 February 2019 in Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand. | Reported by Mrs. Waleerat Apaibunditkul, MBDS XB Coordinator from Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand

Ministry ofHealth and Sports,Myanmar has hold “State levelreviewmeeting on EarlyWarning,Alert andResponse System (EWARS)” on 11 February 2019 at Sittwe Township, Myanmar. v| Shared by MOHS, Myanmar

Chiang Rai Provincial Health Office and Office of Disease Prevention and Control 1 has organized “Meeting to drive the establishment of a surveillance system to prevent and control infectious diseases between animals to human” during 21 - 22 February 2019 at Chiang Khong District, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. | Reported by Mr. Narin Suriyon, MBDS XB Coordinator from Chiang Rai Province, Thailand.

MBDS and CORDS Activities

Representatives from Southern Africa Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS) and Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance (CORDS) visited to MBDS Mukdahan cross border site, Thailand to learn in the field, experiences and best practicesfrom MBDS as part ofthe “Internetwork Project on Digital Health EventInformation” on 26 February 2019.

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MBDS eNewsletter 3/2019