Global health risk framework: resilient and sustainable health systems to respond to global infectious disease outbreaks - workshop summary
This report presents a summary of workshops convened by the Institute of Medicine in order to explore the potential for improving international management and response to outbreaks. 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.
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