USEFUL LINKS

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• Visit the official U.S. government website for pandemic influenza.
• U.S. Department of State – Passport Services and Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets for specific countries.
• U.S. Department of Agriculture and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS) — Information about bringing food, plants, or animal products into the U.S.
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection — Importing food, plant, animal products, clearing goods through customs, and more. A Department of Homeland Security site.
• CDC, Vessel Sanitation Program — the Green Sheet lists cruise ships’ most recent inspections scores and the Vessel Sanitation database.
• CDC, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID) — The mission of NCPDCID is to prevent illness, disability, and death caused by infectious diseases in the United States and around the world.
• CDC, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) — Has statutory responsibility to make and enforce regulations necessary to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases via humans, animals, and cargo from foreign countries into the United States.
• CDC Quarantine Stations — Have the responsibility for enforcing foreign quarantine regulations at all ports of entry within their assigned area of jurisdiction.
• GeoSentinel — A worldwide communication and data collection network for the surveillance of travel-related illness.

International

• The World Health Organization (WHO)
• The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
• The International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM)