id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-024087-j6riw1ir Stikova, Elisaveta Strengthening the Early-Warning Function of the Surveillance System: The Macedonian Experience 2010-07-30 .txt text/plain 4220 247 44 The Republic of Macedonia, with World Health Organization support, has implemented an earlywarning system (ALERT) for priority communicable diseases to complement the routine surveillance system that reports individual confirmed cases. • The emergence of new or newly recognized pathogens such as Nipah virus, Ebola virus, Marburg virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) corona virus, and influenza A/H5N1 virus • The recurrence of well-characterized epidemic-prone diseases such as cholera, dengue, influenza, measles, meningitis, shigellosis, and yellow fever • The accidental release or deliberate use of biological agents such as anthrax [7] In addition to the events described in Table 1 , 10 member states in the European These are reasons for public health-capacity building at the local, national, and international level and strengthening of public health preparedness and response systems around the world [11, 12] . ./cache/cord-024087-j6riw1ir.txt ./txt/cord-024087-j6riw1ir.txt