Consists of papers sent to delegates intended for discussion at the 4th Meeting of the Chief Medical Officer's Communicable Disease Strategy Education, Infrastructure and Training Sub-Group held on 10 November 1999.

Includes;

Agenda;

Reports of two study days by Dr Steve Rousseau, Group Director of the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) Wessex, entitled 'GPs and Germs: The Interface Between General Practice, Microbiology and Public Health';

Paper by Dr Eileen Rubery of the Department of Health, entitled 'Developing Communicable Disease Teams', including letter of support from Professor Dame Lesley Southgate, University College London, dated 21 June 1999;

Paper by Professor J. E. Banatvala, comprising of a letter on the importance of surveillance and an illustration on how combined training aligns with existing monospeciality programmes;

And paper produced by Professor Dame Lesley Southgate, Royal College of General Practitioners, entitled 'Report from an Intercollegiate Group which Considered Educational Strategies for Health Care Professionals Involved in Testing for Chlamydia Trachomatis'.