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| | Research: International Circumpolar Surveillance | CDC AIP |
 | | Arctic Regions of the Circumpolar countries, the United States, Canada, Greenland (Denmark), Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden and the Russian Federation, share a common geography, climate, and populations. |
 | | Circumpolar countries also share a long history of international cooperation on health issues through the International Union for Circumpolar Health, the Arctic Council, and various bi- and multilateral agreements (see EpiNorth). |
 | | The establishment of an infectious disease surveillance system within circumpolar countries will allow linkage and standardization of surveillance information to other established systems thereby contributing to the global surveillance and prevention and control of emerging infectious disease problems. |
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