money really saved for the long-term for prevention and control of diseases, such as dengue and West Nile virus, by cutting the surveillance budget? What else could be done to save money?

A recent budget proposal to stop the funding for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surveillance and research for a mosquito-borne dis-eases program was found to have the po-tential to leave a country poorly-prepared to handle mosquito transmitted diseases. Their study showed that decreasing this type of program can significantly increase the management costs of epidemics and total costs of preparedness. The authors’ findings demonstrated a justification for the reassessment of a current proposal to slash the budget of the CDC vector-borne diseases program, and emphasized the need for improved and sustainable systems for vector-borne disease surveil-lance.
Case Study Questions

1. What do you think about the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention (CDC) making budget cuts for surveillance and research for countries with mosquito-borne diseases?

2. Is money really saved for the long-term for prevention and control of diseases, such as dengue and West Nile virus, by cutting the surveillance budget? What else could be done to save money?

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