Global Health Needs Modernized Containment Strategies to Prepare for the Next Pandemic
COVID-19 continues to be a public health crisis, while severely impacting global financial markets causing significant economic and social hardship. As with any emerging disease, pharmaceutical interventions required time, emphasizing the initial and continuing need for non-pharmaceutical interventi...
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| author | Krish Seetah Krish Seetah Krish Seetah Krish Seetah Hannah Moots David Pickel Marit Van Cant Marit Van Cant Alessandra Cianciosi Alessandra Cianciosi Erin Mordecai Mark Cullen Yvonne Maldonado |
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| description | COVID-19 continues to be a public health crisis, while severely impacting global financial markets causing significant economic and social hardship. As with any emerging disease, pharmaceutical interventions required time, emphasizing the initial and continuing need for non-pharmaceutical interventions. We highlight the role of anthropological and historical perspectives to inform approaches to non-pharmaceutical interventions for future preparedness. The National Academy of Medicine, a not-for-profit, non-governmental US-based medical watchdog organization, published a key document early in the COVID-19 pandemic which points to inadequate quarantine and containment infrastructure as a significant obstacle to an effective pandemic response. In considering how to implement effective quarantine policies and infrastructure, we argue that it is essential to take a longitudinal approach to assess interventions that have been effective in past pandemics while simultaneously addressing and eliminating the negative socio-historical legacies of ineffective quarantine practices. Our overview reinforces the need for social equity and compassion when implementing containment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e41c0c91578d45d39074cc103db7af532022-12-22T03:25:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-06-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.834451834451Global Health Needs Modernized Containment Strategies to Prepare for the Next PandemicKrish Seetah0Krish Seetah1Krish Seetah2Krish Seetah3Hannah Moots4David Pickel5Marit Van Cant6Marit Van Cant7Alessandra Cianciosi8Alessandra Cianciosi9Erin Mordecai10Mark Cullen11Yvonne Maldonado12Department of Anthropology, Stanford, CA, United StatesCenter for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United StatesCenter for Population Health Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United StatesWoods Institute for the Environment, Stanford, CA, United StatesDepartment of Human Genetics, Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United StatesDepartment of Classics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United StatesDepartment of Anthropology, Stanford, CA, United StatesBelgian American Educational Foundation (B.A.E.F), New Haven, CT, United StatesDepartment of Anthropology, Stanford, CA, United StatesAmsterdam School of Historical Studies, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United StatesCenter for Population Health Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States0Faculty Development and Diversity, Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United StatesCOVID-19 continues to be a public health crisis, while severely impacting global financial markets causing significant economic and social hardship. As with any emerging disease, pharmaceutical interventions required time, emphasizing the initial and continuing need for non-pharmaceutical interventions. We highlight the role of anthropological and historical perspectives to inform approaches to non-pharmaceutical interventions for future preparedness. The National Academy of Medicine, a not-for-profit, non-governmental US-based medical watchdog organization, published a key document early in the COVID-19 pandemic which points to inadequate quarantine and containment infrastructure as a significant obstacle to an effective pandemic response. In considering how to implement effective quarantine policies and infrastructure, we argue that it is essential to take a longitudinal approach to assess interventions that have been effective in past pandemics while simultaneously addressing and eliminating the negative socio-historical legacies of ineffective quarantine practices. Our overview reinforces the need for social equity and compassion when implementing containment.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.834451/fullquarantinehistory of medicineanthropologypreventionSARS-CoV-2COVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Krish Seetah Krish Seetah Krish Seetah Krish Seetah Hannah Moots David Pickel Marit Van Cant Marit Van Cant Alessandra Cianciosi Alessandra Cianciosi Erin Mordecai Mark Cullen Yvonne Maldonado Global Health Needs Modernized Containment Strategies to Prepare for the Next Pandemic Frontiers in Public Health quarantine history of medicine anthropology prevention SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 |
| title | Global Health Needs Modernized Containment Strategies to Prepare for the Next Pandemic |
| title_full | Global Health Needs Modernized Containment Strategies to Prepare for the Next Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Global Health Needs Modernized Containment Strategies to Prepare for the Next Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global Health Needs Modernized Containment Strategies to Prepare for the Next Pandemic |
| title_short | Global Health Needs Modernized Containment Strategies to Prepare for the Next Pandemic |
| title_sort | global health needs modernized containment strategies to prepare for the next pandemic |
| topic | quarantine history of medicine anthropology prevention SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.834451/full |
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