Book/Printed Material Identifying future disease hot spots : infectious disease vulnerability index Infectious disease vulnerability index

Title

• Identifying future disease hot spots : infectious disease vulnerability index

Other Title

• Infectious disease vulnerability index

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.

Names

• Moore, Melinda, M.D., author
• Gelfeld, Bill, author
• Okunogbe, Adeyemi, author
• Paul, Christopher, 1971- author
• Gelfeld, Bill
• United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, sponsoring body
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), publisher, issuing body

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, [2016]

Headings

• -  Emerging infectious diseases--Prevention
• -  Communicable diseases--Prevention
• -  Diseases--Risk factors
• -  Epidemics--Political aspects
• -  Public health
• -  Communicable Disease Control
• -  Communicable Diseases, Emerging--prevention & control
• -  Disease Outbreaks--prevention & control

Genre

• Statistics

Notes

• -  "RR-1605-OSD"--Cover page 4.
• -  "RAND National Defense Research Institute."
• -  Follow-up to Mitigating the impact of Ebola in potential hot zones : a proof-of-concept approach to help decisionmakers prepare for high-risk scenarios outside Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone / Bill Gelfeld, Shira Efron, Melinda Moore, Jonah Blank. 2015.
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-81).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xiii, 81 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• RA643

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739201

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739201

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739201

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