Offers a number of recommendations that could help restore Russia's ability to join with the United States and the broader international community in leading an expanded global effort to control infectious diseases. This report proposes the establishment of two model State Sanitary Epidemiological Surveillance Centers in Russia.

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 Introduction; 4 1 The Vision for Russia's Future; 5 2 Pillar One: Improving Surveillance and Response; 6 3 Pillar Two: Meeting Pathogen Research Challenges; 7 4 Pillar Three: The Promise of Biotechnology; 8 5 Pillar Four: The Human Resource Base; 9 6 Reshaping U.S.-Russian Cooperation in the Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; 10 Epilogue; 11 Appendix A Committee Biographies; 12 Appendix B Organizations Consulted During the Study; 13 Appendix C Decision of the Board of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation: Tasks for the Periods 2001-2005 and 2006-2010 from Protocol #6; 14 Appendix D Main Goals and Objectives in Combating Infectious Diseases in the Russian Federation; 15 Appendix E Regulations on the Federal Service for the Supervision in the Sphere of Health and Social Development; 16 Appendix F Recent Reports by the National Academies on Global Health Concerns; 17 Appendix E Regulations Regarding the Federal Service for the Supervision in the Sphere of Health and Social Development; 18 Appendix H Highest Priority Measures for Creating a System to Counter Biological Terrorism; 19 Appendix I National Immunization Calendar of the Russian Federation; 20 Appendix J Selected Russian Research and Related Institutions with Activities Relevant to Infectious Diseases, Diagnostics, Treatment, Prevention, and Control; 21 Appendix K Scientific and Methodological Research Results Highlighted by the Russian Ministry of Health and Social Development; 22 Appendix L List of Research Projects Proposed in Open Competitions Organized in 2003; 23 Appendix M Test Systems and Other Products Being Developed in Russian Laboratories; 24 Appendix N RosAgroBioProm Organizational Structure; 25 Appendix O Activities of Russian Research Institutes in Developing Vaccines for Human Use; 26 Appendix P Regulation of the Russian Government on Licensing Activities Connected with the Use of Infectious Disease Antidotes, No. 731; 27 Appendix Q Bioengagement Programs Financed by the United States Government; 28 Appendix R International Programs and Projects of Special Significance to the Ministry of Health and Social Development; 29 Selected Bibliography