Patterns in Our Problems: U.S. Response to Health Crises

Abstract

The ongoing Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa affords an unfortunate opportunity to think about the larger context in which the Department of Defense (DoD) responds to health crises and patterns in the problems we encounter in these health crises. This commentary, briefly and simplistically due to space constraints, outlines a few aspects of that context and points to some of the challenges we face, moving from the abstract to the practical. The topics will be painfully familiar to anyone who has worked directly with a health crisis, but may be less familiar to other readers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1100986

Entities

People

  • Kerry Fosher

Organizations

  • Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Department Of Defense
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Ebola Virus
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Infection Control
  • Infectious Diseases
  • International Security
  • Medical Personnel
  • Public Health
  • Security
  • Social Sciences
  • Vaccines
  • Virus Diseases

Readers

  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space