Infectious Disease Modeling: Opportunities to Improve Coordination and Ensure Reproducibility
Infectious Disease Modeling: Opportunities to Improve Coordination and Ensure Reproducibility, Report No. GAO-20-372, June 2020
Within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) used models to inform decision-making during and after outbreaks of Ebola, Zika, and pandemic influenza. These agencies' modeling efforts informed public health planning, outbreak response, and, to a limited extent, resource allocation. Four CDC centers perform modeling.
Publication type:
project report
Publication language:
English
Publication date:
2020
Publication URL:
https://www.gao.gov/assets/710/706927.pdf
Institute:
Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics team of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) (STAA)
Country:
United States of America
Project:
Infectious Disease Modeling: Opportunities to Improve Coordination and Ensure Reproducibility (STAA)