Global health risk framework : resilient and sustainable health systems to respond to global infectious disease outbreaks : workshop summary / Anna Nicholson, Megan Reeve Snair, and Jack Herrmann, rapporteurs ; Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

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[2016]
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Resilient and sustainable health systems to respond to global infectious disease outbreaks

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"Since the 2014 Ebola outbreak many public- and private-sector leaders have seen a need for improved management of global public health emergencies. The effects of the Ebola epidemic go well beyond the three hardest-hit countries and beyond the health sector. Education, child protection, commerce, transportation, and human rights have all suffered. The consequences and lethality of Ebola have increased interest in coordinated global response to infectious threats, many of which could disrupt global health and commerce far more than the recent outbreak. In order to explore the potential for improving international management and response to outbreaks the National Academy of Medicine agreed to manage an international, independent, evidence-based, authoritative, multistakeholder expert commission. As part of this effort, the Institute of Medicine convened four workshops in summer of 2015 to inform the commission report. The presentations and discussions from the Workshop on Resilient and Sustainable Health Systems to Respond to Global Infectious Disease Outbreaks are summarized in this report"--Publisher description.

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Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2016]

Physical description

xvi, 133 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm

Notes

"The Board on Health Sciences Policy within the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine convened Global Health Risk Framework: a Workshop on Resilient and Sustainable Health Systems to Respond to Global Infectious Disease Outbreaks, held August 5-7, 2015 in Accra Ghana"--Page 6.

Contents

Introduction -- Fundamental principles of strong health systems -- Health systems strengthening: building day-to-day care and public health capacities -- Strenghtening information management systems -- Strenghtening outbreak management and emergency response systems -- Closing remarks -- Appendix A: References -- Appendix B: Statement of task -- Appendix C: Agenda -- Appendix D: Speaker biographies.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-102).

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  • 9780309381147
  • 0309381142