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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.
Author
Moore, Melinda, M.D.
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, [2016]
Description
xiii, 81 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Availability
Available Online
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Firestone Library - Stacks
RA643 .M66 2016
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Subject(s)
Emerging infectious diseases
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Prevention
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Communicable diseases
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Prevention
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Diseases
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Risk factors
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Epidemics
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Political aspects
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Public health
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Sponsoring body
United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense
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Publisher
National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
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Issuing body
National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
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Author
Gelfeld, Bill
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Okunogbe, Adeyemi
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Paul, Christopher, 1971-
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Statistics
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Related work(s)
Gelfeld, Bill.
Mitigating the impact of Ebola in potential hot zones.
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Summary note
"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.
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Infectious disease vulnerability index
ISBN
9780833095749
0833095749
LCCN
2017302032
OCLC
958864926
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Identifying future disease hot spots : infectious disease vulnerability index / Melinda Moore [and three others].
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Identifying future disease hot spots : infectious disease vulnerability index / Melinda Moore, Bill Gelfeld, Adeyemi Okunogbe, Christopher Paul.
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