Global disease detectives in Kibera

Robert Brieman, M.D., of CDC's Global Disease Detection Program covers disease surveillance and prevention that is conducted in Africa's "largest continuous slum," Kibera. Explains the importance of the activities to health policy development for other populations given the possi...

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Other Authors: Breiman, Robert F., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Associate Director for Communication., Center for Global Health (U.S.). Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response.
Format: Electronic
Language: English
Published: Atlanta, GA : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, [2010]
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Online Access: https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo2833
Summary: Robert Brieman, M.D., of CDC's Global Disease Detection Program covers disease surveillance and prevention that is conducted in Africa's "largest continuous slum," Kibera. Explains the importance of the activities to health policy development for other populations given the possibilities of international disease transmission.
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Mode of access: Internet via the CDC-TV web site. Address as of 1/6/2011: http://www.cdc.gov/CDCTV/GDD%5FInKibera/index.html; current access available via PURL.
Video files available in both streaming (5 min., 35 sec., SWF file, sd., col.) and downloadable (5 min., 35 sec., WMV and MP4 files, sd., col.) formats. Downloadable WMV files available in small, medium, and high resolutions; downloadable MP4 file available in medium resolution.
Closed-captioned; open-captioned version available as downloadable MP4 file only.
Title from title screen.
"Source: Center for Global Health"--Video home page.
"Produced by: Office of Associate Director for Communication in collaboration with: Center for Global Health, Global Disease Detection and Emerging Response Division."
"Release date: 10/05/2010"--Video home page.
Robert Brieman, M.D., of CDC's Global Disease Detection Program covers disease surveillance and prevention that is conducted in Africa's "largest continuous slum," Kibera. Explains the importance of the activities to health policy development for other populations given the possibilities of international disease transmission.
Accompanied by transcript in PDF format.
GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Format: System requirements: Adobe Flash Player for streaming files; multimedia software player such as Windows Media Player or RealPlayer for downloadable files.
Mode of access: Internet via the CDC-TV web site. Address as of 1/6/2011: http://www.cdc.gov/CDCTV/GDD%5FInKibera/index.html; current access available via PURL.