David L Heymann
Biographic Data
| ID | 6082057 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David L Heymann |
| GIVEN NAMES | David L |
| FAMILY NAME | Heymann |
| SIGNATURE | HEYMANN D L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chatham House |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Fragmented health systems in Covid-19
Covid-19
Covid-19
Covid-19—Zoonosis or Emerging Infectious Disease
The World Health Organization defines a zoonosis as any infection naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans. The pandemic of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 has been classified as a zoonotic disease, however, no animal reservoir has yet been found, so this classification is premature. We propose that COVID-19 should instead be classified an “ emerging infectious disease (EID) of probable animal origin .” To exp…
A Qualitative Stakeholder Analysis of Avian Influenza Policy in Bangladesh
Avian influenza is a major animal and public health concern in Bangladesh. A decade after development and implementation of the first national avian influenza and human pandemic influenza preparedness and response plan in Bangladesh, a two-stage qualitative stakeholder analysis was performed in relation to the policy development process and the actual policy. This study specifically aimed to identify the future policy options to prevent and contr…
Public Health Surveillance for Communicable Diseases
An editorial is presented which addresses public health surveillance for communicable diseases in places such as the U.S., and it mentions the impact of innovation on surveillance methods as of 2017. Efforts to eradicate diseases such as smallpox, guinea worm, and polio are addressed, along with global positioning system technology, the colonial public health systems in Africa, health data sharing, and the Global Influenza Surveillance and Respon…
Global health security
The Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa was unprecedented in both its scale and impact. Out of this human calamity has come renewed attention to global health security--its definition, meaning, and the practical implications for programmes and policy. For example, how does a government begin to strengthen its core public health capacities, as demanded by the International Health Regulations? What counts as a global health security concern…
Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. The report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola
The west African Ebola epidemic that began in 2013 exposed deep inadequacies in the national and international institutions responsible for protecting the public from the far-reaching human, social, economic, and political consequences of infectious disease outbreaks. The Ebola epidemic raised a crucial question: what reforms are needed to mend the fragile global system for outbreak prevention and response, rebuild confidence, and prevent future …
Ecology of zoonoses
Mainstreaming One Health
The term ‘One Medicine ’ was coined by Schwabe (1984) and focuses attention on the commonality of human and animal health. The underlying concept is traceable to the late nineteenth century, in contributions of the German pathologist and architect of social medicine Rudolf Vir-chow (Saunders 2000; Zinsstag and Weiss 2001). Schwabe states that there is no difference in paradigm between hu-man and veterinary medicine and that both medicines have th…
Can We Capitalize on the Virtues of Vaccines? Insights from the Polio Eradication Initiative
Twenty-five years after the eradication of smallpox, the ongoing effort to eradicate poliomyelitis has grown into the largest international health initiative ever undertaken. By 2004, however, the polio eradication effort was threatened by a challenge regularly faced by public health policymakers everywhere—misperception about the benefits and risks of vaccines. The propagation of false rumors about oral poliovirus vaccine safety led to the reinf…
Communicable diseases in complex emergencies
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Communicable diseases in complex emergencies
Can We Capitalize on the Virtues of Vaccines? Insights from the Polio Eradication Initiative
Twenty-five years after the eradication of smallpox, the ongoing effort to eradicate poliomyelitis has grown into the largest international health initiative ever undertaken. By 2004, however, the polio eradication effort was threatened by a challenge regularly faced by public health policymakers everywhere—misperception about the benefits and risks of vaccines. The propagation of false rumors about oral poliovirus vaccine safety led to the reinf…
Ecology of zoonoses
Mainstreaming One Health
The term ‘One Medicine ’ was coined by Schwabe (1984) and focuses attention on the commonality of human and animal health. The underlying concept is traceable to the late nineteenth century, in contributions of the German pathologist and architect of social medicine Rudolf Vir-chow (Saunders 2000; Zinsstag and Weiss 2001). Schwabe states that there is no difference in paradigm between hu-man and veterinary medicine and that both medicines have th…
Global health security
The Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa was unprecedented in both its scale and impact. Out of this human calamity has come renewed attention to global health security--its definition, meaning, and the practical implications for programmes and policy. For example, how does a government begin to strengthen its core public health capacities, as demanded by the International Health Regulations? What counts as a global health security concern…
Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. The report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola
The west African Ebola epidemic that began in 2013 exposed deep inadequacies in the national and international institutions responsible for protecting the public from the far-reaching human, social, economic, and political consequences of infectious disease outbreaks. The Ebola epidemic raised a crucial question: what reforms are needed to mend the fragile global system for outbreak prevention and response, rebuild confidence, and prevent future …
Public Health Surveillance for Communicable Diseases
An editorial is presented which addresses public health surveillance for communicable diseases in places such as the U.S., and it mentions the impact of innovation on surveillance methods as of 2017. Efforts to eradicate diseases such as smallpox, guinea worm, and polio are addressed, along with global positioning system technology, the colonial public health systems in Africa, health data sharing, and the Global Influenza Surveillance and Respon…
A Qualitative Stakeholder Analysis of Avian Influenza Policy in Bangladesh
Avian influenza is a major animal and public health concern in Bangladesh. A decade after development and implementation of the first national avian influenza and human pandemic influenza preparedness and response plan in Bangladesh, a two-stage qualitative stakeholder analysis was performed in relation to the policy development process and the actual policy. This study specifically aimed to identify the future policy options to prevent and contr…
Covid-19
Covid-19
Covid-19—Zoonosis or Emerging Infectious Disease
The World Health Organization defines a zoonosis as any infection naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans. The pandemic of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 has been classified as a zoonotic disease, however, no animal reservoir has yet been found, so this classification is premature. We propose that COVID-19 should instead be classified an “ emerging infectious disease (EID) of probable animal origin .” To exp…
Fragmented health systems in Covid-19
Medicine (11 works) · Disease (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Public health (8 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Virology (5 works) · Zoonotic diseases and public health (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (4 works)