Understanding the Economics of Microbial Threats: Proceedings of a Workshop

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/25224

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Understanding the Economics of Microbial Threats

Proceedings of a Workshop

(2018)

Microbial threats, including endemic and emerging infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance, can cause not only substantial health consequences but also enormous disruption to economic activity worldwide. While scientific advances have undoubtedly strengthened our ability to respond to and mitigate the mortality of infectious disease threats, events over the past two decades have illustrated our continued vulnerability to economic consequences from these threats.

To assess the current understanding of the interaction of infectious disease threats with economic activity and suggest potential new areas of research, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine planned a 1.5-day public workshop on understanding the economics of microbial threats. This workshop built on prior work of the Forum on Microbial Threats and aimed to help transform current knowledge into immediate action. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Global Health; Forum on Microbial Threats; V. Ayano Ogawa, T. Anh Tran, and Cecilia Mundaca Shah, Rapporteurs

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Understanding the Economics of Microbial Threats: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25224.

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168 pages | 6 x 9 |

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Paperback: 978-0-309-48302-5
Ebook: 978-0-309-48305-6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/25224

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xx
1 Introduction	1-6
2 The Economics of Global Health and Microbial Threats	7-12
3 The Economic Cost of Endemic Infectious Diseases	13-28
4 The Economics and Modeling of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biological Risks	29-46
5 The Cost Dimensions of Antimicrobial Resistance	47-60
6 Investing in National Preparedness Initiatives Against Microbial Threats	61-74
7 Accelerating Research and Development of Antimicrobial Medical Products	75-86
8 Reimagining Sustainable Investments to Counter Microbial Threats	87-96
9 Looking to the Future: Potential Next Steps for Using Economics to Manage Microbial Threats	97-110
10 Closing Remarks	111-114
References	115-122
Appendix A: Workshop Statement of Task	123-124
Appendix B: Workshop Agenda	125-130
Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Moderators	131-148

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