Rapid Medical Countermeasure Response to Infectious Diseases Enabling Sustainable Capabilities Through Ongoing Public- and Private-Sector Partnerships: Workshop Summary (2016) / Chapter Skim
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before an emerging infectious disease becomes a public health emergency in the United States has been extremely challenging. Interest and momentum peak during a crisis and wane between events, and there is little interest in disease threats outside the United States until they impact people stateside.
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had already declared the outbreak an international public health emergency. Only a few months later would the first Ebola patient in the United States be diagnosed, causing national media coverage and widespread fear among the public and health care workers at all levels.
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Participants discussed the need for rapid access to MCM to ensure national security and considered strategies and business models that could enhance stakeholder interest and investment in sustainable response capabilities. The objectives for the workshop,4 as outlined by the workshop planning committee, are presented in Box 1-1.
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OVERVIEW OF TOPICS HIGHLIGHTED DURING PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION5 A number of themes emerged across multiple workshop presentations and discussions as participants considered current efforts and future strategies to ensure ready access to MCM for emerging infectious disease threats. The themes and opportunities highlighted below, drawn from the individual presentations and open discussions, are also discussed further in the succeeding chapters.
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There was broad sentiment that emerging infectious diseases are a national security concern. A few participants raised concerns that the current focus on "all hazards preparedness" has diluted attention to infectious disease control, and that the national security implications of infectious disease threats are not given appropriate recognition beyond the public health sector.
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• Transparent prioritization followed by action. Given the vast number of potential infectious disease threats and limited government, industry, and philanthropic budgets, it is clearly not possible to prepare for all eventualities.
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, has the potential to significantly reduce the time needed for MCM development in response to an emerging infectious disease threat. However, it will take some time for these platform technologies to mature and have the full buy-in of key regulatory agencies.
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8 RAPID MCM RESPONSE TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES understandable to all partners across sectors. Other considerations for decision guidance include what basic science, platform-based technologies, and regulatory reforms are needed to enhance rapid MCM development for a given threat.
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