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A date for your diary. The third workshop on the economics of pandemic preparedness will take place in Stockholm on June 1-2, 2026 www.umu.se/en/wepp/
Workshop on the Economics of Pandemic Preparedness
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November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Hot on the heels of yesterday's Covid inquiry report on decision making, @shaina-sangha.bsky.social and I have a new report out today looking at how combined epidemiological-economic modelling could help government better prepare for future pandemics www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
Combined epidemiological and economic modelling | Institute for Government
The pandemic showed the need for government to improve its use of modelling.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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We take a deep dive into #mpox with Professor Neil Ferguson, Director @imperialsph.bsky.social & #JameelInstitute @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social as he explains the disease & crucial research being carried out by #JameelInstitute and @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social 🏥

📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4VB...
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February 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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What role do humanitarian actors play in building resilient health systems? ⛑️ In our latest #JameelCast ep, our experts discuss emergency response, and more, in the face of horrific crises. A sobering, insightful discussion.🏥

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#GlobalHealth #HealthSystems #HumanitarianAid
February 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Health systems face exceptional challenges in crises like pandemics 😷 disasters ⛑️ and conflicts 🏥

In our latest #JameelCast ep, we share key insights from the 2024 Jameel Institute Symposium on building resilient health systems able to withstand emergencies.

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February 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Looking to understand the risks of #H5N1 mutating to become transmissible between humans? Jameel Institute Research Associate Dr @thomrawson.bsky.social speaks with The I Paper to explain the risks and what the UK can do to prepare.
Read here: inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Bird flu is one mutation from becoming the next Covid – how the UK is preparing
The UK government has ordered five million doses of an avian influenza vaccine in case it starts being spread by people as experts warn that 'blind spots' remain in science's understanding of the viru...
inews.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Great chat with Dr @drpdoohan.bsky.social about the importance of this recent Lassa fever review to inform future real-time outbreak analysis, & the wider immense effort by the PERG team on outbreaks, methods and parameters of 9 blueprints priority pathogens www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-i...
December 5, 2024 at 10:02 AM
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A group of us have been working on creating a repository of models and epidemiological parameters ready-to-use in future epidemics, with a focus on high-threat pathogens. Today our Lassa review is out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... More on the overall project here: bit.ly/imperial-PERG
Lassa fever outbreaks, mathematical models, and disease parameters: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Understanding the epidemiological parameters and transmission dynamics of Lassa fever, a significant public health threat in west Africa caused by the…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 21, 2024 at 11:33 AM