英国Wellcome基金会Jeremy Farrar等研究人员对21世纪所面临的流行病应对策略进行了讨论。相关综述论文于2019年11月7日发表在《自然》杂志上。

研究人员认为，流行病的概念必须从不连续爆发期间的危机应对发展为涵盖准备、响应和恢复的综合周期。这是一个结合来自世界各地的知识和技能的机会，特别是处于危险中和受影响的群体。需要整合许多学科，不仅包括流行病学，还包括社会科学、研究与开发、外交、后勤和危机管理。因此，这就需要一种新的方法来培训未来的领导人进行流行病的预防和应对。

据了解，随着快速变化的生态、城市化、气候变化、旅行增加和脆弱的公共卫生系统，流行病将变得更加频繁、更加复杂并且难以预防和控制。

附：英文原文

Title: A new twenty-first century science for effective epidemic response

Author: Juliet Bedford, Jeremy Farrar, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Gagandeep Kang, Marion Koopmans, John Nkengasong

Issue&Volume: 2019-11-06

Abstract: With rapidly changing ecology, urbanization, climate change, increased travel and fragile public health systems, epidemics will become more frequent, more complex and harder to prevent and contain. Here we argue that our concept of epidemics must evolve from crisis response during discrete outbreaks to an integrated cycle of preparation, response and recovery. This is an opportunity to combine knowledge and skills from all over the worldespecially at-risk and affected communities. Many disciplines need to be integrated, including not only epidemiology but also social sciences, research and development, diplomacy, logistics and crisis management. This requires a new approach to training tomorrows leaders in epidemic prevention and response. We need to integrate the knowledge and skills from different disciplines and from communities all over the world to enable effective responses to future epidemics.

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1717-y

Source:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1717-y