Table 1 Selected key areas to integrate into twenty-first century epidemic responses
From: A new twenty-first century science for effective epidemic response
Area | Key areas and/or disciplines |
|---|---|
Governance and infrastructure | Local, national and international organizations; integrate accountability and transparency across multiple stakeholders; improve data sharing, improve logistics and crisis management |
Engagement and communication | Encourage a community-led response, community engagement and health diplomacy |
Social sciences | Anthropology, political science, human geography, linguistics |
Ethics | Consent, clinical trial designs |
Emerging technologies | Pathogen genomics, metagenomics, systems serology and analytics, data science and artificial intelligence |
Research and development | Diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines |
One Health | Ecology and environmental, veterinary and agricultural sciences |
