Formenty P, Roth C, Gonzalez-Martin F, Grein T, Ryan M, Drury P, Kindhauser M K, Rodier G
World Health Organization, Department of Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Response (CDS/CSR), Alert and Response Operations Office (ARO), 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Geneva, Switzerland.
Med Mal Infect. 2006 Jan;36(1):9-15. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2005.06.009. Epub 2005 Nov 23.
In order to address the vitality of the microbial world, to detect emerging infectious diseases, to determine their potential threat to public health, and to establish effective interventions, the World Health Organization (WHO) has developed and coordinates the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) which connects several surveillance networks. Some of these networks are specific to epidemic-prone diseases, such as influenza, dengue, yellow fever or meningitis. Others were especially designed to track unusual events--such as the emergence of SARS--that are naturally-occurring, accidental, or deliberately created (biological weapons, bio-terrorism). Lastly, a special effort is being made at the international level to modernize the International Health Regulations, now obsolete, and to support all the countries in the reinforcement of their outbreak alert and response capacity.
为了应对微生物世界的活力，检测新出现的传染病，确定其对公众健康的潜在威胁，并制定有效的干预措施，世界卫生组织（WHO）建立并协调了全球疫情警报和反应网络（GOARN），该网络连接了多个监测网络。其中一些网络专门针对易流行疾病，如流感、登革热、黄热病或脑膜炎。其他网络则特别设计用于追踪自然发生、意外或蓄意制造的异常事件（如非典的出现）（生物武器、生物恐怖主义）。最后，国际社会正在作出特别努力，使现已过时的《国际卫生条例》现代化，并支持所有国家加强其疫情警报和反应能力。
