NYS/HRI EPIDEMIOLOGY AND LABORATORY CAPACITY FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES (ELC) - THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (NYSDOH) HAS BEEN A LEADER IN PROTECTING AND ADVANCING THE HEALTH OF ALL NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES. NYSDOH HAS DIRECT OVERSIGHT OF 57 COUNTIES EXCLUSIVE OF NEW YORK CITY (NYC) WITH A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 11,337,000. THE NYSDOH HAS STATUTORY AUTHORITY REQUIRING PHYSICIANS, HOSPITALS, AND LICENSED CLINICAL LABORATORIES TO REPORT CONFIRMED OR SUSPECT CASES OF OVER 60 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS. LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS (LHDS) CONDUCT CASE INVESTIGATIONS AND REPORT CASES TO THE NYSDOH. INVESTIGATIONS, PARTICULARLY OUTBREAK OR NOSOCOMIAL EVENTS, ARE LARGELY COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS AMONG THE LHD, STATE REGIONAL AND CENTRAL OFFICE EPIDEMIOLOGY STAFF, AND THE NYSDOH WADSWORTH CENTER PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES. ELC INITIATIVES REPRESENT A UNIQUE, INTEGRATED CO

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NYS/HRI EPIDEMIOLOGY AND LABORATORY CAPACITY FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES (ELC) - THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (NYSDOH) HAS BEEN A LEADER IN PROTECTING AND ADVANCING THE HEALTH OF ALL NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES. NYSDOH HAS DIRECT OVERSIGHT OF 57 COUNTIES EXCLUSIVE OF NEW YORK CITY (NYC) WITH A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 11,337,000. THE NYSDOH HAS STATUTORY AUTHORITY REQUIRING PHYSICIANS, HOSPITALS, AND LICENSED CLINICAL LABORATORIES TO REPORT CONFIRMED OR SUSPECT CASES OF OVER 60 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS. LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS (LHDS) CONDUCT CASE INVESTIGATIONS AND REPORT CASES TO THE NYSDOH. INVESTIGATIONS, PARTICULARLY OUTBREAK OR NOSOCOMIAL EVENTS, ARE LARGELY COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS AMONG THE LHD, STATE REGIONAL AND CENTRAL OFFICE EPIDEMIOLOGY STAFF, AND THE NYSDOH WADSWORTH CENTER PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES. ELC INITIATIVES REPRESENT A UNIQUE, INTEGRATED CO