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.