Roots, Not Parachutes: Research Collaborations Combat Outbreaks.
expert_opinion · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 27368093.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2016.06.029 and PMC identifier 5210219.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
Recent infectious disease epidemics illustrate how health systems failures anywhere can create disease vulnerabilities everywhere. We must therefore prioritize investments in health care infrastructure in outbreak-prone regions of the world. We describe how "rooted" research collaborations can establish capacity for pathogen surveillance and facilitate rapid outbreak responses.
Medical subject headings
- Biomedical Research
- Disease Outbreaks
- Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral