Why development of outbreak analytics tools should be valued, supported, and funded

Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Apr;21(4):458-459. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30996-8. Epub 2021 Jan 11.

Author

Thibaut Jombart¹

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK; UK Public Health Rapid Support Team, London, UK; Medical Research Council Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK. Electronic address: thibautjombart@gmail.com.

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Data Analysis*
Decision Making, Organizational
Decision Support Techniques
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data
Epidemiological Monitoring
Humans
Preventive Health Services / economics
Preventive Health Services / organization & administration*
Software / economics*

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