Berman very much understands that such measures are necessary to limit COVID-19 outbreaks, especially as confirmed cases in the United States have surpassed those of every other country in the world. “Social distancing is the major effective tool that we have right now to fight this diseas...
Berman very much understands that such measures are necessary to limit COVID-19 outbreaks, especially as confirmed cases in the United States have surpassed those of every other country in the world. "Social distancing is the major effective tool that we have right now to fight this disease, a...
Nonetheless, there continues to be a shift towards framing health issues through a security lens [18]. It has been argued that this is because of high-income countries acting in their own self-interest [7, 34], which is seen in response to infectious disease outbreaks such as Ebola [18]...
Contemporary public health nearly always requires an interdisciplinary team-based approach, and with capacity and fragmentation issues challenging the traditional public health workforce, contributions of other health and non-health professionals are becoming increasingly important. In particular, there is a ...
In all eight of the previous known Ebola outbreaks in Congo, the virus has been contained within remote jungle villages or relatively small towns, where isolated populations are less likely to spread the disease. But the Congo River is effectively the region’s highway system. Barges and boat...
The production of infectious aerosols can vary wildly between individuals—and experts are exploring why in the COVID-19 era.
Having all of those backgrounds within governmental public health are really important. Also, just people who understand policy, health education, communications. It really takes all of those skills to make public health work well. The problem is if you have that backg...
In 2023, only 83% of children got their first dose of a measles vaccine through routine health services. Nearly 35 million children are thought to have either partial protection from the disease or none at all. And over the last five years, there have been measles outbreaks in 103 countries...
Q: What is an emerging infectious disease or pathogen and why are these important for public...Fleck, FionaWorld Health OrganizationBulletin of the World Health Organization
Before considering the case of our actual COVID 19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2, as well as some important comparisons with the outbreaks of SARS and MERS, it is paramount to make a point about air traffic. In a recent article of mine submitted to TF&SC (Devezas, 2020) I call attentio...