About this Research Topic
In the last two decades, numerous epidemics and pandemics have emerged worldwide, including HIV, SARS, H1N1, MERS, Ebola, Zika, COVID-19, and monkeypox, among others. The extent to which such outbreaks can be contained regionally or locally depends on both the resources available and strategies employed for epidemic control. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of identifying and deploying effective strategies and interventions for control of emerging infectious diseases before the next epidemic or pandemic, and it also illuminated the need for an ongoing catalog of evidence-based interventions and results.
The goal of this research topic is to incorporate the perspectives and experiences of people and practitioners who grappled with epidemic and/or pandemic response and recovery in resource-constrained settings. Much hard-earned knowledge exists among people who worked in global public health during prior outbreaks, particularly in resource-constrained settings, where such events were often more severe. However, some of the most critical lessons for managing epidemics or pandemics have been lost due to resource constraints and publication biases.
In order to design sound, evidence-based strategies for future interventions, it is critical to continuously examine a wide range of experiences and realities that reflect the insights of those who fought disease outbreaks. Specifically, this research topic seeks to incorporate the perspectives from those in comparatively resource-constrained systems, who have often faced epidemics or pandemics without adequate access to important tools and resources.
For this research topic, we are specifically interested in hearing from those who have worked in or are currently working in low-resource settings and have dealt with epidemic and/or pandemic recovery. Authorship parameters for this topic entail that the primary or senior author must be from the setting described, along with the majority of the authors on the manuscript. We would like contributions to this edition to center around the following questions:
What were key lessons learned during epidemic and pandemic recovery?
What types of innovative methodologies were used to manage recovery?
What systems, processes, approaches, and/or partnerships worked better to address the outbreak at hand? What made it worse?
We are interested in manuscripts that highlight the lived experience of managing an epidemic or pandemic, including papers that highlight both original research, programmatic descriptions, and case studies.
The goal of this research topic is to incorporate the perspectives and experiences of people and practitioners who grappled with epidemic and/or pandemic response and recovery in resource-constrained settings. Much hard-earned knowledge exists among people who worked in global public health during prior outbreaks, particularly in resource-constrained settings, where such events were often more severe. However, some of the most critical lessons for managing epidemics or pandemics have been lost due to resource constraints and publication biases.
In order to design sound, evidence-based strategies for future interventions, it is critical to continuously examine a wide range of experiences and realities that reflect the insights of those who fought disease outbreaks. Specifically, this research topic seeks to incorporate the perspectives from those in comparatively resource-constrained systems, who have often faced epidemics or pandemics without adequate access to important tools and resources.
For this research topic, we are specifically interested in hearing from those who have worked in or are currently working in low-resource settings and have dealt with epidemic and/or pandemic recovery. Authorship parameters for this topic entail that the primary or senior author must be from the setting described, along with the majority of the authors on the manuscript. We would like contributions to this edition to center around the following questions:
What were key lessons learned during epidemic and pandemic recovery?
What types of innovative methodologies were used to manage recovery?
What systems, processes, approaches, and/or partnerships worked better to address the outbreak at hand? What made it worse?
We are interested in manuscripts that highlight the lived experience of managing an epidemic or pandemic, including papers that highlight both original research, programmatic descriptions, and case studies.
Keywords: epidemic, pandemic, recovery, low-resource settings
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