Managing the global health response to epidemics : social science perspectives / edited by Mathilde Bourrier, Nathalie Brender and Claudine Burton-Jeangros.

Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Social sciences perspective and epidemics; The purpose of the book; The story behind the book; A team effort; Our multifaceted methodology; Interviewing on and off the record; Collecting published and grey literature; Observing the Global Health System's practices; Limitations; Plan of the book; Note; References; Part I; Setting the stage

1 The challenges of building pandemic response systems based on unique cases: 2003 SARS, 2009 A(H1N1) and 2014 Ebola epidemicIntroduction; Theoretical framework; Background; Lessons learned; Taking a comparative perspective; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; References; 2 The future strikes back: global public health crises and the rise of preparedness; Introduction; The logic of preparedness; Plausible futures and scenario planning; From capabilities to "whole of society"; The development of global health preparedness; Dealing with international health crises under preparedness models

ConclusionNotes; References; Part II; Lessons learned from the A(H1N1) pandemic and 2014 Ebola virus disease: a multidisciplinary point of view; 3 Comparing the 2009 A(H1N1) pandemic and 2014 Ebola virus disease: of viruses, surprises in outbreak responses and global health work; Introduction; When path dependency matters: on viruses and their conventional wisdoms; On outbreak responses: coping with surprises; Global health workers and their responses; Notes; References; 4 Epidemics and risk communication: why are lessons not learned?; Introduction; The ambitions of risk communication

Risk communication experiences in the contexts of the A(H1N1) pandemic and the 2014 Ebola outbreakConclusion; References; 5 Emergency capabilities: deploying the WHO's communication in West Africa during the 2014 Ebola epidemic; Introduction; Situated action and capability building in a crisis setting; ECN training; Characterizing the EVD setting; The ECN as a social network; Pooling social capital; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6 The use of matrix structure in epidemic management; Introduction; Matrix management; Methodology; The WHO in a changing landscape; Responding to Ebola

Matrix structure challengesDiscussion: matrix structure and managing epidemics; Conclusion; References; 7 Shaping A(H1N1) pandemic response: money will follow; Introduction; Ex ante pandemic costs; Cost in decision making; Cost as ex post fact; Conclusions; Notes; References; 8 Financing the crisis: public expenditure on the A(H1N1) influenza pandemic in Switzerland, Japan and the United States; Introduction; Framework and methodology; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; Notes; References

Recent epidemics have prompted large-scale international interventions, aimed at mitigating the spread of disease in a globalized world. During a crisis, however, global health actions - including planning and organizing, communicating about risk, and cost-benefit evaluations - aren't usually part of a single, integrated global response. Arguing that an uncoordinated approach can be challenged by local conditions and expectations, generating a wide range of resistance and difficulties, this volume provides important insights for future outbreak management and global health governance. Drawing on experiences with A(H1N1) and Ebola virus disease, the book is divided into three parts looking at how responses to global health crises have developed, lessons learned from particular pandemics and the ethical implications of our management of them. Individual chapters focus on, among other issues, financing, cost-benefit analysis, matrix management, risk communication and organizational strategies. Taking a social science perspective, this valuable book outlines the current state of global health emergency responses and explores ways in which they can be improved. It is a useful read for academics and practitioners interested in global health, the sociology of health and illness, health economics and emergency management.

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