Finding Outbreaks Faster

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Abstract

Rapid detection, reporting, and response to an infectious disease outbreak are critical to prevent localized health events from emerging as pandemic threats. Metrics to evaluate the timeliness of these critical activities, however, are lacking. Easily understood and comparable measures for tracking progress and encouraging investment in rapid detection, reporting, and response are sorely needed. We propose that the timeliness of outbreak detection, reporting, laboratory confirmation, response, and public communication should be considered as measures for improving global health security at the national level, allowing countries to track progress over time and inform investments in disease surveillance.

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Smolinski, M. S., Crawley, A. W., & Olsen, J. M. (2017, March 1). Finding Outbreaks Faster. Health Security. Mary Ann Liebert Inc. https://doi.org/10.1089/hs.2016.0069

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