Essays about: "Outbreak response"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 38 essays containing the words Outbreak response.

  1. 26. Socio-Economic Determinants of Ebola Outbreak Intensity and Severity: A Study of the West-African Outbreak in 2013-2016

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Raoul Herbert; [2020]
    Keywords : Ebola; EVD; public health; SES; Economic History; Epidemics; Disease; Guinea; Liberia; Sierra Leone; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study uses a specifically constructed sub-national dataset on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak cases, deaths, and CFR in order to look at the question of how important various socio-economic factors were in determining the intensity and severity of the 2013-2016 EVD outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The results of the OLS model shows that the socio-economic conditions in different regions of the country were important indicators of the number of reported cases and deaths. READ MORE

  3. 27. Forecast-based Humanitarian Action and Conflict : Promises and pitfalls of planning for anticipatory humanitarian response to armed conflict

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Loic Hostetter; [2019]
    Keywords : humanitarian; humanitarian action; international aid; forecast-based financing; forecast-based action; humanitarian aid; international humanitarian aid; FbF; FbA; anticipatory humanitarian action; Loic Hostetter; German Red Cross; Red Cross Movement; Start Fund; Start Network; early warning; early warning system; anticipatory humanitarian response; EWS; FbA;

    Abstract : Practitioners of Forecast-based Action (FbA) argue that a humanitarian response able to utilize forecasts to accurately predict disaster, secure funding, and take action before the onset of a crisis will benefit donors and beneficiaries alike. In search of effective and efficient early-action regimes, a number of major humanitarian actors are developing FbA projects of various designs, predominantly in response to natural disaster and famine. READ MORE

  4. 28. Risk Assessment for the Transmission of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) on Aircraft: A Systematic Review

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi

    Author : Talía Berruga Fernández; [2019]
    Keywords : MERS; coronavirus; MERS-CoV; in-flight transmission; aircraft; travel; RAGIDA;

    Abstract : Introduction: MERS-CoV causes a respiratory disease that can be fatal. Although it is most common in countries in the Arabian Peninsula, through travel it has been exported to 17 countries outside Middle East. Most of these exportations have occurred by people travelling by air. READ MORE

  5. 29. Smittskyddets inverkan för salmonellainfektion i skånska mjölkbesättningar

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Louise Ingemansson; Madeleine Schön; [2018]
    Keywords : Salmonella; smittskydd; rutiner; smitt-tänk; mjölkkobesättning; sjukdom; smittspridning;

    Abstract : Salmonella är en bakterie som sprids lätt om lantbrukaren inte har rätt skötselrutiner. Bra skötselrutiner ger bra smittskydd. Vi har båda arbetat på gårdar som blivit smittade och det är viktigt att alla arbetar för ett salmonellafritt Sverige. READ MORE

  6. 30. The battle for reparation for cholera victims in Haiti

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Alice Wadström; [2017]
    Keywords : Haiti; cholera; reparation; United Nations; human rights; responsibility; moral responsibility; New Approach; the New Approach to cholera in Haiti; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In 2010, an explosive cholera epidemic erupted in Haiti, killing close to 10.000 people and injuring some 800.000. Several scientific reports have traced the spread of the bacterium back to the United Nations base in the Mirebalais in Haiti, which hosted the Nepalese peacekeeping contingent. READ MORE