REPORTING

     INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL-RELATED DISEASES

The Central Valley GeoSentinel Project (CVGP) is a part

of the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network, a cooperative

agreement between the International Society of Travel 

Medicine (ISTM) and the Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC)

( http://www.istm.org/geosentinel/main.html ).

GeoSentinel is based on the concept that these clinics

are ideally situated to effectively detect geographic and

temporal trends in morbidity among travelers, immigrants

and refugees. Information on changes, outbreaks or

alarming events is dispersed to public health physicians

and travel/tropical medicine specialists throughout the

world. This information enables us to respond in a timely

manner to assist our increasingly mobile global population.

CVGP is a community-based program and depends upon

input and commitment of all people of the Central San

Joaquin Valley. Its success depends upon the involvement

of both the medical community and the general public.

We strongly encourage physicians seeing travel-related

illness to join in this collaboration so we may make

international travel safe for us all.