Shifting the paradigm: using disease outbreaks to build resilient health systems

Kara N Durski^{1

2}, Michael Osterholm², Suman S Majumdar^{3

4}, Eric Nilles⁵, Daniel G Bausch⁶, Rifat Atun⁷

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA kdurski@hsph.harvard.edu.
² School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
³ Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
⁶ UK Public Health Rapid Support Team, Public Health England/London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁷ Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Kara N Durski et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;5(5):e002499.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002499.

Kara N Durski^{1

2}, Michael Osterholm², Suman S Majumdar^{3

4}, Eric Nilles⁵, Daniel G Bausch⁶, Rifat Atun⁷

¹ Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA kdurski@hsph.harvard.edu.
² School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
³ Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
⁶ UK Public Health Rapid Support Team, Public Health England/London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁷ Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: epidemiology; health systems; infections, diseases, disorders, injuries; public health.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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