Towards People-Centered Epidemic Preparedness and Response From Knowledge to Action
| Authors |
|
|---|---|
| Publication date | 2019 |
| Series | Social Science Research |
| Number of pages | 62 |
| Publisher | London: Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness |
| Organisations |
|
| Abstract |
Social science capacity has made some advance from where it was just a few years ago when efforts were more ad hoc and fragmented; however, new projects are either short-term investments with limited reach or small initial investments, and they are not sufficiently integrated with existing epidemic preparedness and response systems. These need to be urgently leveraged and expanded upon, and supported with a similar level of investment to allied disciplines such as epidemiology, disease modelling and virology.
Through a broad consultation, analysis and reflection process, this report analyses the contemporary knowledge, infrastructure and funding gaps that hinder the full potential of social sciences in epidemic response and presents a roadmap for addressing them. |
| Document type | Report |
| Note | This report was commissioned by the Wellcome Trust & UK DFID Joint Initiative on Epidemic Preparedness, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research on behalf of the Funders’ Forum on Social Science Research for Infectious Disease, which is part of the GloPID-R network. The Funders’ Forum was created in 2016 in response to the Ebola and Zika epidemics and includes the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the European Commission, the Department for International Development (DFID UK), the South Africa Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust. |
| Language | English |
| Published at | http://www.glopid-r.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/towards-people-centered-epidemic-preparedness-and-response-report.pdf |
| Downloads |
GloPID-R 2019 - Towards people-centred epidemic preparedness & response
(Final published version)
|
| Permalink to this page | |
