The Hereditary Blood Disorders Team is organized into four units:

• The public health translation unit applies the latest scientific advances from surveillance, epidemiology, and laboratory support to enhance the delivery of care, prevention services, and information for the affected populations.

• The surveillance unit monitors the extent of disease, the risk factors, and the related complications; conducts field investigations; and identifies areas for further study. Part of this unit's monitoring work involves collecting and storing blood samples in a national repository to use as resource material to facilitate rapid response to future outbreaks.

• The epidemiology unit conducts special studies to better understand risk factors and the means of preventing and reducing complications.

• The laboratory unit supports the epidemiologic studies by identifying new genetic markers of risk factors and clotting defects, provides reference laboratory diagnosis for multi-site epidemiologic and surveillance studies, and develops techniques and interpretation methods to improve molecular and coagulation diagnosis.

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