Consists of papers sent to delegates intended for discussion at the 6th Meeting of the Chief Medical Officer's Communicable Disease Strategy Group held on 6 October 1999.

Includes;

Agenda for the 6th meeting;

Minutes of the 5th meeting, held on 29 June 1999;

Draft chapter headings for strategy document prepared by the secretariat;

Draft chapter 'Introduction' for strategy document prepared by the secretariat;

Draft chapter 'Reasons to be Concerned' for strategy document prepared by the secretariat;

Draft chapter 'Infectious Diseases Today' for strategy document prepared by the secretariat;

Draft chapter 'World Class Surveillance' for strategy document prepared by the secretariat;

Report of the 2nd meeting of the Education, Training and Infrastructure sub group prepared following a meeting of this sub group on 12 July 1999;

Draft chapter 'How Infections are Controlled', prepared by the Sub Group on Infrastructure, Training and Education;

Paper by Dr O'Brien, Professor Borriello, and Dr O' Mahoney, entitled 'Commissioning services for the Detection and Control of Infections';

Paper by Dr Andrew Cant, Chairman of Specialist Advisory Committee for Training in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology and Dr Graham Davies, Chairman of The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Standing Committee on Immunisation and Infection, entitled 'Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Training';

Draft chapter 'Improving Health and Saving Lives' for strategy document prepared by the secretariat;

And list of papers submitted to the Communicable Disease Strategy Group and Sub Groups as of the 5th meeting.