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CORDS July 2023 Newsletter

2023-07-03

CORDS July 2023 Newsletter Find out the latest from CORDS six regional member networks: CORDS July 2023 Newsletter including: The success of MECIDS as a unique and […]

2023-02-28

Read the February 2023 news from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation (MBDS) MBDS newsletter No.90

MBDS January 2023 Newsletter

Read the January 2023 news from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation (MBDS) here MBDS newsletter No.89

2023-01-10

Read the December 2022 news from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation (MBDS) MBDS newsletter No.88

MBDS 22nd Anniversary Newsletter

Read the 22nd anniversary edition from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation (MBDS) here

MBDS September 2022 Newsletter

Read the September 2022 news from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation (MBDS) here

CORDS End of Year 2022 Newsletter

2022-12-14

Read our end of year newsletter here to discover: – How our Middle East Consortium, MECIDS, has managed to not only maintain but strengthen its unique offering […]

2022-09-26

Read the latest news from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation (MBDS) here

2022-09-23

Find out the May 2022 news from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation (MBDS) here

CORDS July 2022 Newsletter

2022-09-15

Find out the July 2022 news from CORDS six regional member networks CORDS July 2022 Newsletter

CORDS February 2022 Newsletter

Read the February 2022 edition here including MBDS celebrating 21 years, MECIDS Covid-19 response, recognition for SACIDS Afyadata app and SECIDS integrated infectious disease training as […]

2022-05-19

Read the latest news from CORDS network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation MBDS newsletter No.83

2022-04-05

Read the latest news from CORDS network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation here

2022-03-29

Read the February 2022 news update from CORDS member the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation here

MBDS January 2022 Newsletter

Read the January 2022 news update from CORDS member the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation here

MBDS December 2021 Newsletter

Read the December 2021 news update from CORDS member the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation here

MBDS November 2021 Newsletter

Read the November 2021 news update from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation here

2021-11-26

Read the October 2021 news update from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation here

MBDS September 2021 Newsletter

Read the September 2021 news update from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation here

MBDS August 2021 Newsletter

Read the August 2021 news update from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation here

MBDS July 2021 Newsletter

Read the July 2021 news update from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation here

CORDS November 2021 Newsletter

2021-11-04

In our CORDS November 2021 Newsletter find out the latest news from our six regional infectious disease surveillance networks, including: Accelerating Covid-19 contact tracers capacity […]

CORDS July 2021 Newsletter

In our CORDS July 2021 Newsletter find out the latest news from our six regional infectious disease surveillance networks, including The APEIR webinar on vaccination […]

2021-09-23

Read the June 2021 news update from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation here

2021-06-10

Read the latest May 2021 update from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation here

2021-05-31

In our CORDS April 2021 Newsletter find out the latest news from our six regional infectious disease surveillance networks, including the challenges and opportunities of […]

2021-05-12

Read the latest March 2021 update from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation here

MBDS February 2021 Newsletter

Read the latest February 2021 update from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation here

MBDS January 2021 Newsletter

Read the latest January 2021 update from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation here

2021-02-22

In our CORDS February 2021 Newsletter find out the latest news from our six regional infectious disease surveillance networks, including Covid-19 training for community health workers, Covid-19 […]

2021-01-11

Read the MBDS December 2020 Newsletter here to find out the latest news from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation.

2021-01-10

Read the MBDS November 2020 Newsletter here to find out the latest news from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation.

CORDS End of Year Newsletter 2020

2020-12-11

In our CORDS End of Year Newsletter 2020, find out the latest on how our six regional infectious disease surveillance networks continue to help lead […]

2020-10-08

Read the MBDS October 2020 Newsletter here to find out the latest news from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation.

MBDS September 2020 Newsletter

Read the MBDS September 2020 Newsletter here to find out the latest news from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation.

2020-09-28

Read CORDS September 2020 newsletter here to find out the latest from CORDS six regional networks including updates on their work in leading the response […]

2020-09-04

Read the MBDS August 2020 Newsletter here to find out the latest news from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation.

2020-07-06

Find out the latest on how the six regional member networks of CORDS have been continued to be at the forefront of the response to […]

2020-06-12

Read the MBDS June 2020 Newsletter to find out the latest news from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation.

2020-05-27

Read the MBDS May 2020 Newsletter to find out the latest news from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation.

2020-05-25

Read the MBDS April 2020 Newsletter to find out the latest news from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation.

2020-03-11

Read the MBDS March 2020 Newsletter here to find out the latest news from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation.

2020-02-19

The CORDS Newsletter February 2020 includes our statement on the Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, details of our AMR experts convening in Bangkok in and our member […]

2020-02-01

Read the MBDS February 2020 Newsletter here to find out the latest news from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation.

2020-01-01

Read the MBDS January 2020 newsletter here to find out the latest news from CORDS member network the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Foundation

2019-12-19

The CORDS Newsletter December 2019 includes the Asia Partnership on Emerging Infectious Diseases Research webinar on the challenge of AMR. You can also find out […]

2019-10-16

The CORDS October 2019 includes news about the Ending Pandemics Fleming Fund Regional Grant on antimicrobial resistance award, an exciting new partnership with the University […]

2019-08-01

Read the SACIDS August 2019 Newsletter here to find out updates on the work of CORDS member network SACIDS One Health Foundation.

2019-07-16

The CORDS Summer Newsletter 2019 includes a welcome from Ending Pandemics, an update on the InterNetwork Project, ideas on how to improve your network’s visibility […]

2019-02-12

The CORDS January 2019 newsletter includes stories on the WAHO-CORDS Meeting in Burkina Faso, the WHO Meeting on early warning, detection and response in Egypt, […]

2018-11-12

The CORDS November 2018 newsletter includes the InterNetwork Project, the fight against AMR, the IMED Conference 2018 and SECID’s event based surveillance workshop.

2018-09-12

The CORDS September 2018 Newsletter includes CORDS attending the One Health Congress in Saskatoon, our Board Meeting at ICEID , SACIDS helping with Ebola in […]

2018-07-12

The CORDS July 2018 Newsletter includes stories on the Sixth Emphnet Regional Conference, the JEE Alliance Meeting on financing outbreak preparedness, the MBDS workshop on […]

2018-05-06

Click here to read the May 2018 Newsletter, focused on the CORDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand on the 29th and 30th of January 2018. CORDS […]

2018-02-07

CORDS HOSTS GLOBAL HEALTH CONFERENCE IN BANGKOK On the 29th and 30th of January, 2018, Connecting Organisations for Regional Disease Surveillance (CORD), is hosting its […]

2017-11-01

The CORDS Newsletter November 2017 includes stories a Project 48 advisory committee meeting in Brussels, a Chatham House meeting in Abuja, CORDS Board Meeting in […]

Dr Christophe Longuet speaks at FAO Conference on Global Health Security

2017-07-17

As part of the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, FAO, 40th Conference, a side session on ‘Global Health Security – A Unique […]

Epidemiology in Complex Emergencies Course

2017-06-24

Fondation Mérieux, EpiConcept and CORDS ran a five day course on Epidemiology in Complex Emergencies from June 19th to 23rd 2017. The course objectives were […]

2017-05-01

Today CORDS has issued its May 2017 Newsletter, with information about our new Executive Director Dr Christophe Longuet, recent EAIDSNet activities in Uganda, the SACIDS […]

WORLDWIDE ZIKA EXPERTS GATHER IN BALI

2016-11-17

Today top Zika experts are meeting in Bali, Indonesia. The meeting organised by the Asia Partnership on Emerging Infectious Disease Research (APEIR) and the Mekong […]

CORDS gears up to respond to Yellow Fever Outbreak

2016-07-04

The East African and South African CORDS Networks are gearing up to address a Yellow Fever outbreak in their region. Yellow fever is a disease with an […]

A New West African Network

2016-05-27

CORDS and the West African Health Organisation, WAHO, joined forces this week with the fifteen West African countries in Côte d’Ivoire, to agree policies and […]

Leishmaniasis Detection, Prevention, and Response Webinar

2016-05-19

Webinar: Leishmaniasis Detection, Prevention, and Response- Lessons for Zika and other Vector-Borne Disease Management Thursday, June 2nd, 2016; 10:00am-11:00am Eastern Daylight Time To register click HERE […]

CORDS and WAHO sign Memorandum of Understanding

2016-02-25

CORDS and the West African Health Organisation, WAHO, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 10th February 2016 in Burkina Faso. The Memorandum supports the formation […]

New research shows Leishmaniasis is a disease of marginalised communities

2016-02-09

Leishmaniasis one of the world’s oldest diseases is a growing, but neglected disease. The new Leishmaniasis Gap Analysis Report and Action Plan is based on research carried out […]

Enhancing African-led capacity for Disease Surveillance, Arusha 14-15 December

2015-11-04

We are working with our South African and East African Networks, SACIDS and EAIDSNet, to bring together stakeholders and funders from across the globe in Tanzania on the […]

New learnings and experiences during my summer internship with CORDS by Lindsay Steele

2015-10-06

It’s a Friday evening in early July in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and I’m sitting at the rooftop restaurant of the Holiday Inn, in awe of […]

Developing a ‘One Health’ approach to tackling Zoonotic Diseases

2015-09-25

Today, Zoonotic Diseases (diseases passed from animals to humans), such as Ebola, MERS, Avian Flu and Leishmaniasis are spreading with devastating effect. When looking for solutions, […]

2015-09-02

Following his presentation on CORDS at the Global Health Security Agenda, GHSA, steering group in Paris on the 29th of June 2015 the Korean Government has […]

CORDS network members attend Tel Aviv University for 2015 Summer Institute of Advanced Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine

2015-08-13

Tel Aviv University hosted 6 CORDS network members (2 MECIDS, 2 MBDS, 1 SECID and 1 SACIDS) at their annual Summer Institute of Advanced Epidemiology […]

Launch of Mobile Technology initiative to aid early identification of Infectious Diseases in Africa

2015-08-05

Across much of sub-Saharan Africa outbreaks of infectious diseases represent a major on-going public health challenge. Currently, public health surveillance in the region relies primarily […]

EVENT: Enhancing Community-Based Disease Outbreak Detection and Response in East and Southern Africa Project Launch Workshop

From the 5-7 August 2015, Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance (CORDS), working in close collaboration with two of its constituent networks Southern African Centre […]

2015-07-10

On 6 -7th July 2015, CORDS in collaboration with the SECID network, organised a 2 day workshop on Risk Management, focusing on the areas of […]

Annual Conference, Tirana 2015

2015-06-09

CORDS held its annual conference between 2-3 June 2015 in Tirana, Albania. This 2 day meeting convened CORDS HQ staff, CORDS networks, donors (Skoll Global […]

2015-04-29

The second in a series of three cross border One Health workshops in the SECID network took place in Bansko, Bulgaria on the 24th and […]

2015-04-09

The One Health approach requires the collaboration of different sectors and the aim of CORDS workshop was to bring different sectors from different countries together […]

2015-03-26

After an initial meeting between CORDS’ Executive Director, Nigel Lighfoot, with the Sierra Leone Public Broadcasting network, journalist Hawa Barrie was inspired to further document […]

Intensified Preparedness programme (IPP) Training in Mali, March 24-25

The final IPP workshop of the current series took place in Mali between the 24th-25th March 2015. Delegates from Mali, Nigeria, Burundi, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, […]

2015-03-14

On the second day of the CORDS and SECID One Health workshop in Kosovo, participants from Albania, Kosovo and Bulgaria worked in groups with the […]

2015-03-03

CORDS is pleased to be sharing ideas, experiences and ways forward during IPP Nigeria at the Valencia Hotel in Abuja, Nigeria with participants from […]

2015-01-31

CORDS was pleased to participate in the 2015 Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC), held in Bangkok Thailand, from 26-31 Janary 2015. Professor Nigel Lightfoot CBE, Executive […]

2014-12-09

EBOLA: Intensified Preparedness Programme (IPP) The next in-training of the IPP will be held in Accra, Ghana, from 13-14 January 2015. Please see the IPP Ghana […]

2014-10-30

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) Within the SACIDS network countries DRC has experienced several episodes of Ebola and the related Marburg disease. Following its first […]