Identifying future disease hot spots : infectious disease vulnerability index / Melinda Moore [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Melinda, M.D., author.

Moore, Melinda, author.

Contributor:

United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, sponsoring body.

National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), publisher, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emerging infectious diseases--Prevention.

Emerging infectious diseases.

Communicable diseases--Prevention.

Communicable diseases.

Diseases--Risk factors.

Diseases.

Epidemics--Political aspects.

Epidemics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 pages) : illustrations, tables

Place of Publication:

[Santa Monica, California] : RAND Corporation, 2016.

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.

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.

Notes:

"National Defense Research Institute."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 27, 2016).

ISBN:

0-8330-9611-7