A case for ongoing structural support to maximise infectious disease modelling efficiency for future public health emergencies

A modelling perspective


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2024-03

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Journal Article

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Abstract

This short communication reflects upon the challenges and recommendations of multiple COVID-19 modelling and data analytic groups that provided quantitative evidence to support health policy discussions in Switzerland and Germany during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Capacity strengthening outside infectious disease emergencies will be required to enable an environment for a timely, efficient, and data-driven response to support decisions during any future infectious disease emergency. This will require 1) a critical mass of trained experts who continuously advance state-of-the-art methodological tools, 2) the establishment of structural liaisons amongst scientists and decision-makers, and 3) the foundation and management of data-sharing frameworks.

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46

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100734

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Elsevier

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Public health emergency; Modelling; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Pandemic; Policy

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03521 - Axhausen, Kay W. (emeritus) / Axhausen, Kay W. (emeritus) check_circle
03584 - Bonhoeffer, Sebastian / Bonhoeffer, Sebastian check_circle
02655 - Netzwerk Stadt u. Landschaft ARCH u BAUG / Network City and Landscape ARCH and BAUG

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198428 - Agent-based tracking of disease spread with dynamic models of travel behaviour in a pandemic (SNF)

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