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Identifying future disease hot spots : infectious disease vulnerability index / Melinda Moore, Bill Gelfeld, Adeyemi Okunogbe, Christopher Paul

Author
Moore, Melinda, M.D.
Additional Titles
Infectious disease vulnerability index
Published
Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Physical Description
xiii, 81 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Additional Creators
Gelfeld, Bill, Okunogbe, Adeyemi, Paul, Christopher, 1971-, and National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)

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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.
Summary
"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.
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ISBN
0833095749
9780833095749
Note
"RR-1605-OSD"--Cover page 4.
"RAND National Defense Research Institute."
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-81).
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