Inoculating Cities (eBook, ePUB)

Case Studies of the Urban Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Redaktion: Katz, Rebecca; Boyce, Matthew

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Inoculating Cities: Case Studies of the Urban Response of the COVID-19 Pandemic uses detailed case studies to document and describe how cities located in high, middle and low-income countries responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. City governments and municipal authorities exist and operate in extremely varied contexts (i.e., socioeconomic, demographic, legal and governance, etc.) and intentionally documenting the experiences in these different contexts provides guidance to decision-makers for future preparedness and response activities.

This volume highlights the innovative solutions throughout the pandemic as described by the people who designed and implemented pandemic response efforts in their cities. In addition, it identifies successful models that can be adopted in the future by city leaders around the world.

. Includes a holistic set of pandemic response considerations, such as contact tracing, quarantine and isolation, surging public health and medical workforces, risk communication, the provision testing and vaccination services, and reaching vulnerable populations
. A global scope that describes various approaches used by cities around the world in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
. Presents best practices on pandemic response that all can learn from

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780443187025
• Artikelnr.: 69007957

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors Introduction Section I Pandemic governance and
coordination 1. COVID-19 control strategy and measures in Kawasaki City,
Japan Takako Misaki, Tomoya Saito and Nobuhiko Okabe Background Public
health and infectious disease control in Kawasaki City The response to
COVID-19 in Kawasaki City The responses to domestic clusters of COVID-19
Developing laboratory diagnosis capacities Vaccines and mass vaccination
exercises Responding to the first case of the Omicron variant in Kawasaki
City Conclusion: lessons learned from Kawasaki City References 2. COVID-19
pandemic: how Lagos State Government managed the COVID-19 pandemic and the
tripod of biosecurity Akin Abayomi and Tunde Ajayi Background Background on
Lagos, Nigeria Background on the public health system in Lagos Lagos
State's approach to emergency preparedness Governance and policy
Coordinating systems Capabilities Resources COVID-19 in Lagos The response
to COVID-19 in Lagos The pre-index case response The post-index case
response The response to pandemic waves of COVID-19 Lessons learned from
Lagos' response to the COVID-19 pandemic Conclusion References 3. COVID-19
in Beirut: epidemiology, response, gaps, and challenges Nada M. Melhem,
Farouk F Abou Hassan and Mirna Bou Hamdan Background The socioeconomic
status in Lebanon The health care system in Lebanon The COVID-19 response
in Beirut The epidemiology of COVID-19 in Beirut COVID-19 vaccination:
successes and challenges The emergence and monitoring of variants of
concern Conclusion: successes, gaps and challenges, and the way forward
References Further Reading 4. Pandemic governance and community
mobilization in conflict: a case study of Idlib, Syria Abdulkarim Ekzayez,
Munzer Khlalil, Preeti Patel and Gemma Bowsher Background Background on the
public health system in Idlib A bottom-up, locally ed health system in
Idlib Background on COVID-19 in Idlib Scaling-up health system capacity
using limited resources COVID-19 response in Idlib Community engagement and
mobilizing local resources SARS-CoV-2 testing and COVID-19 surveillance
Resource-limited digital solutions Vaccination Conclusion References
Section II Technology and digital approaches for pandemic response 5.
Singapore's whole-of-nation strategy for pandemic response and vaccination
of the population Wycliffe Wei, Bryan W.K. Chow, Marc Ho and Vernon Lee
Background Background on Singapore Background on the public health system
in Singapore Pandemic response system Whole-of-government crisis response
system Legal public health preparedness Surveillance and testing for
COVID-19 Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 testing modalities and their adoption
Testing of target populations Testing of symptomatic persons Testing of
asymptomatic persons: rostered routine testing and expanding PCR testing
capacity Testing of asymptomatic persons: extended testing with antigen
rapid tests and wastewater surveillance Isolation and medical management of
SARS-CoV-2 infections Singapore's approach to isolation The medical
response to COVID-19 Contact tracing and quarantine Vaccination Promoting
vaccine uptake Social measures Conclusion References 6. Future-proofing:
Quezon City's response to the COVID-19 pandemic as investments against the
next epidemic Noel Bernardo, Jaifred Christian Lopez, Esperanza Anita E.
Arias and Misha Coleman Background Background on Quezon City, Philippines
Background on the public health system in Quezon City, Philippines The
response to COVID-19 in Quezon City, Philippines Pillar 1: prevention
Pillar 2: detection Pillar 3: isolation Pillar 4: treatment Pillar 5:
reintegration Pillar 6: vaccination Utilizing COVID-19 investments to build
a stronger urban health system in Quezon City, Philippines Digital
solutions and big data management for health Strengthening of surveillance
systems Quezon City Health Education and Promotion Unit Conclusion
References Section III Workforce and surge capacity 7. Expanding workforce
surge capacity and the multijurisdictional response to the COVID-19
pandemic in the Las Vegas metropolitan area Fermin Leguen, Cassius Locket
and Jeffrey Quinn Background Background on Las Vegas metropolitan area
(Clark County, Nevada) The public health system in Las Vegas, Nevada
COVID-19 in Las Vegas, Nevada Surging the workforce in Las Vegas
Surveillance and testing response: medical surge capacity and the need for
increased surveillance and mass COVID-19 testing of the population in Clark
County, Nevada Surging capacities to provide medical care and isolation
services to those who did not meet hospital admission criteria or have a
place to isolate COVID-19 vaccination campaign operations Conclusions
References 8. Using mobile financial services to improve community health
workers' efficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Farzana Misha, Syed Hassan Imtiaz, Margaret McConnell, Richard Cash and
Sabina Faiz Rashid Background Background on Dhaka, Bangladesh The urban
health system in Dhaka, Bangladesh COVID-19 in Dhaka, Bangladesh Response
measures adopted in Dhaka Community health workers and mobile financial
services The introduction of mobile financial services to BRAC community
health workers and health service delivery Community health workers and the
use of mobile financial services during the COVID-19 pandemic Experiences
and challenges in providing financial support to community health workers
through mobile financial services Time cost efficiencies due to mobile
financial services Conclusion References Further reading Section IV
Vulnerable populations and pandemic response 9. Prioritizing local context
and expertise in a global pandemic: the New Orleans response to COVID-19
Jennifer Avegno, Kasha Bornstein and Jordan Vaughn Background Historical
context of the city of New Orleans Background on public health in New
Orleans Background on public health emergencies in New Orleans COVID-19 in
New Orleans The response to COVID-19 in New Orleans: reaching the most
vulnerable Conclusion References 10. COVID-19, control and confusion:
experiences from Cape Town, South Africa Patricia van der Ross Background
The public health system in Cape Town COVID-19 in Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town's COVID-19 response Conclusion References 11. A proactive
approach to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the Dharavi Slum, Mumbai,
India Paragnimalai Diwakar Madan Kumar, Saravanan Poorni and Zameer
Shervani Background Background on Mumbai, India The public health system in
Mumbai COVID-19 in India The response to COVID-19 in the Dharavi Slum of
Mumbai Administrative efforts Screening and surveillance efforts Quarantine
and isolation Publicprivate partnerships Community participation
Conclusions References Section V Risk communication 12. Risk communications
in a pandemic: tailored communications and public health messaging to urban
populations in Baltimore City Letitia Dzirasa, Adam Abadir, Jennifer Martin
and Kimberly Eshleman Background COVID-19 risk communication efforts in
Baltimore Establishing initial communications: transparency, trust, and
tailored messaging Tailoring the message Communication efforts for
vaccination campaigns Communications efforts addressing mis- and
disinformation Conclusions: lessons learned for effective urban public
health campaign References Conclusion Index