TY - JOUR AU - Braden, Christopher AU - Dowell, Scott AU - Jernigan, Daniel AU - Hughes, James T1 - Progress in Global Surveillance and Response Capacity 10 Years after Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 6 SP - 864 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Ten years have elapsed since the World Health Organization issued its first global alert for an unexplained illness named severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The anniversary provides an opportunity to reflect on the international response to this new global microbial threat. While global surveillance and response capacity for public health threats have been strengthened, critical gaps remain. Of 194 World Health Organization member states that signed on to the International Health Regulations (2005), <20% had achieved compliance with the core capacities required by the deadline in June 2012. Lessons learned from the global SARS outbreak highlight the need to avoid complacency, strengthen efforts to improve global capacity to address the next pandemic using all available 21st century tools, and support research to develop new treatment options, countermeasures, and insights while striving to address the global inequities that are the root cause of many of these challenges. KW - SARS KW - Hotel Metropole KW - IHR 2005 KW - superspreading events KW - International Health Regulations KW - coronavirus KW - viruses KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome KW - China KW - Canada KW - WHO KW - World Health Organization KW - pandemic KW - respiratory infections DO - 10.3201/eid1906.130192 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/6/13-0192_article ER - End of Reference