Connecting the dots of Ebola spread dynamics
| Autor: | Fiona Kong, Rolf T. Wigand, Liaquat Hossain |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Community partnership
medicine.medical_specialty Social network business.industry Public health Effective management 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Library and Information Sciences Public relations Management Information Systems law.invention 03 medical and health sciences West african 0302 clinical medicine Geography Transmission (mechanics) law Preparedness medicine 030212 general & internal medicine business Public health preparedness |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Decision Systems. 25:274-289 |
| ISSN: | 2116-7052 1246-0125 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/12460125.2016.1187800 |
| Popis: | We suggest that effective management of Ebola disaster and public health preparedness needs to focus on connecting the dots among different originating points of the spread using locally situated knowledge through community partnership networks so that the wider transmission to other geographic locations can be managed effectively and in a timely manner. Effective management of outbreaks, like the current West African 2014 Ebola epidemic, is dependent on public health preparedness. In this study, a systematic analysis of the spread during the months of March to October 2014 was performed using data from the Programme for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) and the Factiva database. This study aims to draw network connections of individuals/groups from a localised to a globalised transmission of Ebola using reported suspected/probable/confirmed cases at different locations around the world. Public health preparedness can be strengthened by understanding the social network connections between resp... |
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