Report from the Seminar "Modelling and Trial Statistics During Epidemics" Organized by the NIPH (Norwegian Institute of Public Health) in Oslo, Norway, 16 November 2015

Norwegian Institute of Public Health. 12/16/2015This four-page document summarizes a workshop held on November 16, 2015, about developing a Blueprint for Research and Development Procedures in the Context of Global Public Health Threats. It discusses how the Ebola epidemic in 2014-2015 demonstrated that the international community needs to improve the ability to respond to new threats and prepare a new R&D paradigm to address future epidemics. The document presents recommendations for transmission and interventions, and clinical trials, and summarizes the conclusions from two previous meetings. (PDF)
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