Canada's Global Public Health Intelligence Network Uses Factiva's World-Class Content to Monitor Global Health Issues and Emergencies.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Factiva(R), a Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance and Reuters Company, announced that an enhanced version of Canada's Global Public Health Intelligence Network The Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN) is an electronic public health early warning system developed by Canada's Public Health Agency, and is part of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Outbreak and Alert Response Network (GOARN). (GPHIN GPHIN Global Public Health Intelligence Network ) is using Factiva's content to fuel its new Internet-based "early warning" network that was announced yesterday in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Factiva's 9,000 sources of unmatched global content from 152 countries and 22 languages enables GPHIN to capture and gather important public health news and information from all around the world. Factiva's regionalized content and unique tracking technology provides the international public health agency the information to make the necessary critical and timely decisions on significant public health issues. Factiva is a key component to the enhanced version of the new early warning network. Factiva provides the breadth of global content combined with hard-to-find, timely regional content that is so important for understanding potential local health emergencies. Integrating Factiva into the process helps to quickly alert other health organizations, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. and the World Health Organization, so they can act on issues and problems around the globe. "By leveraging innovations in Internet technologies, GPHIN is playing an important role in controlling the outbreaks of communicable diseases communicable diseases, illnesses caused by microorganisms and transmitted from an infected person or animal to another person or animal. Some diseases are passed on by direct or indirect contact with infected persons or with their excretions. ," said Clare Hart, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Factiva. "We're proud that Factiva's content and tracking tools can help GPHIN make a difference in localities around the world." About Factiva Factiva(R), a Dow Jones and Reuters Company, provides world-class global content, including Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and The Wall Street Journal - unduplicated in a single service elsewhere. Factiva offers the only single content solution with multiple language interfaces and multilingual content covering 9,000 sources. Factiva's products and services help companies integrate news and business information into their daily workflow to increase organizational intelligence and leverage external and internal content within the knowledge management function. Factiva's content management and integration services are used by leading organizations around the world. Built on industry standards and open architecture, Factiva products deliver flexible, extensible, customisable solutions to enable easy integration and use in the enterprise. Editorial and technical consulting, taxonomy application, integration expertise and e-learning programs reflect Factiva's innovative approach to delivering solutions beyond the content. For more information visit: www.factiva.com/press. |
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