Global epidemics have catastrophic consequences, but, with the right mobile data analytics, future disease infection rates could be combated and loss of life reduced.
We find ourselves facing global epidemics of obesity and diabetes.
Swift attention and action from providers and researchers in developed nations prevent local events from becoming global epidemics.
In the past two centuries, seven pandemics (global epidemics) of cholera have carried the disease to countries around the world.
In our zeal to trumpet the many advances of modern medicine, we have overestimated our ability to defend against local and global epidemics.
It remains to be seen if the charm can work twice, and collaboration can overcome the unfolding of new global epidemics.
Colizza, V., Barrat, A., Barthelemy, M. & Vespignani, A. Prediction and predictability of global epidemics: the role of the airline transportation network.
A number of donors and pharmaceutical companies have raised $500 million to support a partnership aimed at controlling future global epidemics.
Substantial change will be required in the way global epidemics such as tuberculosis and HIV are treated if the international community is to eliminate them completely by 2030, a study has found.
Their findings, published Jan . 28in the Journal of Neuroscience, help explain the self-perpetuating cycles contributing to the overlapping global epidemics of sleep loss, chronic pain and even opioid addiction.
Instead of doing the job of governments, it should focus on the things they cannot manage alone, such as helping poor countries set up health systems, disseminating the best medical research and policies, and combating global epidemics.
