Envirnomental Health Specialist Network

描述（申请人提供）：格鲁吉亚在过去两年中一直是环境卫生专家网络的积极成员，作为新出现的感染计划FoodNet组成部分的一部分，该计划现在独立于FoodNet，并有发现影响食源性疾病的因素和加强环境卫生计划的持续目标。旨在评估食源性疾病的前因因素，已在全州范围内进行，与当地环境卫生专家合作，在亚特兰大大都市统计区（MSA）的20个县进行了额外的EHS-Net特别研究。 格鲁吉亚EHS网络食品安全协调员还积极参与食源性疾病调查和当地环境卫生专家的培训。 EHS-Net计划正在扩展到水安全，特别是与不受《安全饮用水法案》监管的小型饮用水系统相关的领域。格鲁吉亚环境卫生和流行病学人员已经确定了格鲁吉亚水安全计划的集水区和目标，作为EHS-Net的一部分。

Description (provided by Applicant): Georgia has been an active member of the Environmental Health Specialist Network for the past two years as part of the Emerging Infections Program FoodNet component, The program is now independent from FoodNet, and has the continuing goals of discovering factors that influence foodborne illness, and strengthening environmental health programs The EHS-Net program outbreak/non-outbreak study, intended to evaluate antecedent factors to foodborne diseases, has been conducted statewide, in conjunction with local environmental health specialists Additional EHS-Net special studies have been conducted in the 20-county Atlanta metropolitan statistical area (MSA). The Georgia EHS-Net food safety coordinator also participates actively in foodborne disease investigations and training of local environmental health specialists. The EHS-Net program is expanding to water safety, specifically as relevant to small drinking water systems not regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act Georgia environmental health and epidemiology personnel have defined a catchment area and goals for a water safety program in Georgia, as part of EHS-Net.