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Outbreak response

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Coordinating emergency action when infectious diseases spread.

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Principles

  • Outbreak measures need credible evidence, clear objectives, and monitoring of benefits and harms.
  • Update action as evidence changes and account for capacity, uncertainty, and the costs of disruption.

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Why should an outbreak response be reviewed as evidence changes?
The initial decision proves the same action is always best.
Changes in evidence cannot affect a sound response.
Its benefits, harms, uncertainty, and capacity constraints may change.

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