Connecting and Mapping: Exploring the Capacities, Capabilities, and Barriers to a Rapid Response to Outbreaks Among Funders and Research Networks

Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness. 02/2016 This 86-page document aims to explore the capacities and capabilities of research networks and funders to respond rapidly to epidemics and pandemics. It seeks to explore any political, ethical, administrative, regulatory, logistical, economic, and social (PEARLES) barriers and bottlenecks to rapid outbreak responses. It includes the use of qualitative methods to explore issues raised in greater detail by analyzing three case studies on research projects undertaken during the West African Ebola outbreak. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - January 4, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news