Identifying future disease hot spots : infectious disease vulnerability index /

"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. g...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Moore, Melinda, M.D (Autor), Gelfeld, Bill (Autor), Okunogbe, Adeyemi (Autor), Paul, Christopher, 1971- (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense (sponsoring body.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, California : RAND, [2016]
Colección:Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-1605-OSD.
Temas:
Emerging infectious diseases > Prevention.
Communicable diseases > Prevention.
Diseases > Risk factors.
Epidemics > Political aspects.
Public health.
Communicable diseases.
World health.
Communicable Diseases
Communicable Disease Control
Risk Factors
Public Health
Global Health
Maladies infectieuses > Prévention.
Maladies > Facteurs de risque.
Santé publique.
Maladies infectieuses.
Santé mondiale.
public health.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

Ejemplares similares