Posted on 08/10/2011 11:44:59 PM PDT by coldphoenix
Starting in 2012, approximately 10 Indian scientists will receive training from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta through the facility's Epidemic Intelligence Service Program.
The elite two year post-doctoral training program will give the scientists special attention in field work and will train them on how to investigate and contain serious public health threats, The Times of India reports.
(Excerpt) Read more at bioprepwatch.com ...
“In 2010, New Delhi and Washington signed an agreement to set up a new global disease detection center in India in India’s National Center for Disease Control. The lab is the seventh set up by the CDC globally and will help to coordinate responses and support the World Health Organization’s global outbreak alert and response network.”
Nice to know where our money is being spent.
Fits nicely in with the EPA spending $100 over seas in ‘green’ grants.
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