Preparation
         To respond effectively to infectious disease outbreaks, whenever and wherever they occur, requires international preparation and planning.  the global infectious disease network must rest on a foundation that includes skilled public health workers, national and regional laboratories fro diagnosis and research, communications system, and the commitment of national health ministries.  The goal is for each country to develop a laboratory that can provide diagnosis and then send suspicious specimens to an appropriate regional laboratory.  To reach this goal, each country must train medical workers and laboratory technicians and supply them with the right equipment and diagnostic resources.

    There are also additional elements needed for preparation.  First, the laboratories must be maintained to provide diagnostic expertise and distribute diagnostic tests.  Second, a mechanism should be made to relay global disease surveillance information from country to country.  Third, the proper medical supplies should be kept in order to combat any unexpected disease.  Fourth, increased public awareness in developing countries.

    Prevention
        Disease prevention is up to the youth of the world and our future.  Every year, four million infant and child deaths are prevented by vaccines and other preventive health measures.  For example, the elimination of small pox would not have been possible without a global effort.  Prevention efforts such as vaccination, education, and other public health measures, are the most cost effective and beneficial of all measures that help stop the problem of new and re-emerging diseases.