Identifying future disease hot spots : infectious disease vulnerability index / Melinda Moore, Bill Gelfeld, Adeyemi Okunogbe, Christopher Paul ; prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

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Moore, Melinda, M.D. [Browse]
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Book
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English
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Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, [2016]
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xiii, 81 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm

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    "Recent high-profile outbreaks, such as Ebola and Zika, have illustrated the transnational nature of infectious diseases. Countries that are most vulnerable to such outbreaks might be higher priorities for technical support. RAND created the Infectious Disease Vulnerability Index to help U.S. government and international agencies identify these countries and thereby inform programming to preemptively help mitigate the spread and effects of potential transnational outbreaks. The authors employed a rigorous methodology to identify the countries most vulnerable to disease outbreaks. They conducted a comprehensive review of relevant literature to identify factors influencing infectious disease vulnerability. Using widely available data, the authors created an index for identifying potentially vulnerable countries and then ranked countries by overall vulnerability score. Policymakers should focus on the 25 most-vulnerable countries with an eye toward a potential "disease belt" in the Sahel region of Africa. The infectious disease vulnerability scores for several countries were better than what would have been predicted on the basis of economic status alone. This suggests that low-income countries can overcome economic challenges and become more resilient to public health challenges, such as infectious disease outbreaks"--Publisher's description.
    Notes
    • "RR-1605-OSD"--Cover page 4.
    • "RAND National Defense Research Institute."
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-81).
    Contents
    • Preface
    • Figures and Tables
    • Summary
    • Acknowledgments
    • Chapter 1. Introduction
    • Chapter 2. Methods
    • Chapter 3. Developing a Framework to Assess Vulnerability: Framework Foundation: Seven Domains and Associated Factors
    • Assembling the Framework and Assigning Weights
    • Chapter 4. Results: Initial Results
    • Results from the Sensitivity Analysis
    • Implications of the Findings
    • Chapter 5. Conclusions and Next Steps
    • APPENDIXES
    • Abbreviations
    • Data Sources
    • Bibliography.
    Other title(s)
    Infectious disease vulnerability index
    ISBN
    • 9780833095749
    • 0833095749
    LCCN
    2017302032
    OCLC
    958864926
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