Title |
Lessons from the Ebola Outbreak: Action Items for Emerging Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response
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Published in |
EcoHealth, February 2016
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DOI | 10.1007/s10393-016-1100-5 |
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Authors |
Kathryn H. Jacobsen, A. Alonso Aguirre, Charles L. Bailey, Ancha V. Baranova, Andrew T. Crooks, Arie Croitoru, Paul L. Delamater, Jhumka Gupta, Kylene Kehn-Hall, Aarthi Narayanan, Mariaelena Pierobon, Katherine E. Rowan, J. Reid Schwebach, Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, Dann M. Sklarew, Anthony Stefanidis, Peggy Agouris |
Abstract |
As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa wanes, it is time for the international scientific community to reflect on how to improve the detection of and coordinated response to future epidemics. Our interdisciplinary team identified key lessons learned from the Ebola outbreak that can be clustered into three areas: environmental conditions related to early warning systems, host characteristics related to public health, and agent issues that can be addressed through the laboratory sciences. In particular, we need to increase zoonotic surveillance activities, implement more effective ecological health interventions, expand prediction modeling, support medical and public health systems in order to improve local and international responses to epidemics, improve risk communication, better understand the role of social media in outbreak awareness and response, produce better diagnostic tools, create better therapeutic medications, and design better vaccines. This list highlights research priorities and policy actions the global community can take now to be better prepared for future emerging infectious disease outbreaks that threaten global public health and security. |
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