Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network

Overview
Created by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and the World Health Organization in 1996, the goal of Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network is to improve public-health surveillance and response in the Pacific Islands in a sustainable way. PIHOA officials said the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands relies on two of the network’s services &mdash; PacNet and EpiNet &mdash; to provide them with an awareness and updates concerning disease outbreaks or emerging diseases in the region. In addition to updates concerning disease outbreaks and outbreak-response information, district hospitals can also obtain expert technical assistance by linking in to either PacNet or EpiNet.