In disease outbreak management, flexibility can save lives, money

Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 03:31 in Health & Medicine

A new, more flexible, approach for responding to and managing disease outbreaks has been developed that could save many lives and millions of dollars. The approach, called 'adaptive management,' allows decision-makers to use knowledge gained during an outbreak to update ongoing interventions with the goal of containing outbreaks more quickly, efficiently, and effectively.

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