Journal of Infectious Diseases & Preventive Medicine
Open Access

University Research Co, LLC (URC), Chevy Chase, MD, USA

Biography

Dr. Colleen Longacre, working as Senior Health Economics and Outcomes Researcher at University Research Co, LLC (URC), Chevy Chase, MD, USA. From Feb 2015 - Jul 2015 worked as Technical Advisor, Apr 2014 - Jan 2015 worked as Senior Program Officer.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Key Strategies to Address Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases: A Systematic Analysis
  Author(s): Hala Jassim Al Mossawi, Neeraj Kak*, Colleen Longacre and Sharanya Joshi
  
  Background: Given their unpredictable nature, their direct impact on human health, as well as their broader environmental, economic, and societal impacts, emerging and reemerging infectious diseases (EIDs) require ongoing and sustained attention, funding, and response from the global community. The purpose of this paper is to understand the institutional capacities necessary to effectively respond to EIDs and highlight key strategies and potential points of intervention. Methods: We undertook a systematic analysis of the existing literature to understand what an effective preparedness and response framework for EIDs would look like. Using the Lancet Infectious Disease Journal and PubMed, we selected all relevant results that described possible epidemic preparedness interventions or EID prevention and control strategies. We in.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-8731.20.08.194

  Abstract HTML PDF