Pub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-02-22DOI: 10.1089/hs.2023.0091
Angelia M Sanders, Madeline Warman, Frederic Deycard, John Goodman, April Klein, Karmen Unterwegner, Boukary Sangare, Sadi Moussa, Stacia George, Irene Pujol Chica, Cheick Oumar Coulibaly, Moussa Saye, Kimberly A Jensen, Adam J Weiss, Kashef Ijaz
Conflict and violence constitute threats to public health. As levels of conflict increase within and between countries, it is important to explore how conflict resolution initiatives can be adapted to meet the health needs of communities, and how addressing the health needs of communities can assist in conflict resolution and contribute to health security. In conflict-affected central Mali, a Peace through Health Initiative, piloted between 2018 and 2022, used conflict resolution trainings, facilitated community meetings, and human and animal health interventions to negotiate "periods of tranquility" to achieve public health goals. Project activities resulted in improved health, improved livelihoods, reduced violence, improved trust among stakeholders, and greater inclusion of community members in peace and health decisionmaking. The Peace-Health Initiative generated several lessons learned related to 3 phases of peace-health programming: preintervention, program development, and implementation. These lessons can be applied to support expanded Peace through Health Initiatives within Mali, may be adaptable to other conflict-afflicted contexts, and should be considered in relation to the implementation of global health security.
{"title":"Advancing Health Security and Disease Eradication Through Peace and Health: A Mali Case Study.","authors":"Angelia M Sanders, Madeline Warman, Frederic Deycard, John Goodman, April Klein, Karmen Unterwegner, Boukary Sangare, Sadi Moussa, Stacia George, Irene Pujol Chica, Cheick Oumar Coulibaly, Moussa Saye, Kimberly A Jensen, Adam J Weiss, Kashef Ijaz","doi":"10.1089/hs.2023.0091","DOIUrl":"10.1089/hs.2023.0091","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Conflict and violence constitute threats to public health. As levels of conflict increase within and between countries, it is important to explore how conflict resolution initiatives can be adapted to meet the health needs of communities, and how addressing the health needs of communities can assist in conflict resolution and contribute to health security. In conflict-affected central Mali, a Peace through Health Initiative, piloted between 2018 and 2022, used conflict resolution trainings, facilitated community meetings, and human and animal health interventions to negotiate \"periods of tranquility\" to achieve public health goals. Project activities resulted in improved health, improved livelihoods, reduced violence, improved trust among stakeholders, and greater inclusion of community members in peace and health decisionmaking. The Peace-Health Initiative generated several lessons learned related to 3 phases of peace-health programming: preintervention, program development, and implementation. These lessons can be applied to support expanded Peace through Health Initiatives within Mali, may be adaptable to other conflict-afflicted contexts, and should be considered in relation to the implementation of global health security.</p>","PeriodicalId":12955,"journal":{"name":"Health Security","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11044869/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139930926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-03-13DOI: 10.1089/hs.2023.0076
Andy Lin, Cameron M Torres, Errett C Hobbs, Jaydeep Bardhan, Stephen B Aley, Charles T Spencer, Karen L Taylor, Tony Chiang
{"title":"Computational and Systems Biology Advances to Enable Bioagent Agnostic Signatures.","authors":"Andy Lin, Cameron M Torres, Errett C Hobbs, Jaydeep Bardhan, Stephen B Aley, Charles T Spencer, Karen L Taylor, Tony Chiang","doi":"10.1089/hs.2023.0076","DOIUrl":"10.1089/hs.2023.0076","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12955,"journal":{"name":"Health Security","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11044874/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140119326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-03-28DOI: 10.1089/hs.2023.0098
Yong-Bee Lim, Saskia Popescu
{"title":"Exploring List-Based Approaches and Potential Threat Agnostic Applications in US Biodefense and Public Health-Toward a Hybrid Approach.","authors":"Yong-Bee Lim, Saskia Popescu","doi":"10.1089/hs.2023.0098","DOIUrl":"10.1089/hs.2023.0098","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12955,"journal":{"name":"Health Security","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140305416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-03-21DOI: 10.1089/hs.2023.0102
Elizabeth Rubin, Caitlin Harvey, Alma Villatoro, Brandon Dean
{"title":"Next Generation Public Health Emergency Readiness: Standardized Tools and a Threat Agnostic Biosurveillance System.","authors":"Elizabeth Rubin, Caitlin Harvey, Alma Villatoro, Brandon Dean","doi":"10.1089/hs.2023.0102","DOIUrl":"10.1089/hs.2023.0102","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12955,"journal":{"name":"Health Security","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140184262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-02-27DOI: 10.1089/hs.2023.0096
Sharon Leslie, Mija Ververs
{"title":"Chemical and Biological Threats: Guidance for Breastfeeding Women, Infants, and Young Children.","authors":"Sharon Leslie, Mija Ververs","doi":"10.1089/hs.2023.0096","DOIUrl":"10.1089/hs.2023.0096","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12955,"journal":{"name":"Health Security","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11044851/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139989809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-10-19DOI: 10.1089/hs.2023.0075
Zev Goldberg, Alexander G Linder, Lauren N Miller, Erin M Sorrell
{"title":"Wastewater Collection and Sequencing as a Proactive Approach to Utilizing Threat Agnostic Biological Defense.","authors":"Zev Goldberg, Alexander G Linder, Lauren N Miller, Erin M Sorrell","doi":"10.1089/hs.2023.0075","DOIUrl":"10.1089/hs.2023.0075","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12955,"journal":{"name":"Health Security","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49676925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-01-19DOI: 10.1089/hs.2023.0029
Gary A Ackerman, Brandon Behlendorf, Hayley Peterson, Jenna LaTourette, Anna Wetzel, Douglas Clifford
To investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the strategic decisionmaking of leaders with respect to biological weapons, this study employed a prospective simulation technique called Asynchronous Strategic Dynamics Red Teaming. Using an immersive, multimedia simulation conducted remotely and asynchronously, the effort engaged 240 carefully selected and curated expert participants in either biological weapons or the countries of interest (as well as 60 naïve participants). Across our sample of 30 countries, simulated interest in pursuing some type of biological weapons program (defensive or offensive) remained low to moderate. While such interest increased after the simulated onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was limited overall, with only a handful of states showing salient increases in offensive biological weapon interest. When directly referencing why their countries might have changed their post-COVID-19 interest in biological weapons, the most commonly cited reasons were: (1) COVID-19 demonstrated the power of biological weapons to disrupt societies and cause large-scale economic harm, and (2) the pandemic revealed either the state's own or its rivals' vulnerability to diseases like COVID-19, as well as an inability to efficiently respond and contain such diseases. In sum, despite a global pandemic with massive consequences, the simulation revealed that most states are not likely to dramatically change their strategic posture regarding pursuit of offensive biological weapons.
{"title":"Investigating the Potential Strategic Implications of COVID-19 for Biological Weapons Pursuit: A New Expert Simulation.","authors":"Gary A Ackerman, Brandon Behlendorf, Hayley Peterson, Jenna LaTourette, Anna Wetzel, Douglas Clifford","doi":"10.1089/hs.2023.0029","DOIUrl":"10.1089/hs.2023.0029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the strategic decisionmaking of leaders with respect to biological weapons, this study employed a prospective simulation technique called Asynchronous Strategic Dynamics Red Teaming. Using an immersive, multimedia simulation conducted remotely and asynchronously, the effort engaged 240 carefully selected and curated expert participants in either biological weapons or the countries of interest (as well as 60 naïve participants). Across our sample of 30 countries, simulated interest in pursuing some type of biological weapons program (defensive or offensive) remained low to moderate. While such interest increased after the simulated onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was limited overall, with only a handful of states showing salient increases in offensive biological weapon interest. When directly referencing why their countries might have changed their post-COVID-19 interest in biological weapons, the most commonly cited reasons were: (1) COVID-19 demonstrated the power of biological weapons to disrupt societies and cause large-scale economic harm, and (2) the pandemic revealed either the state's own or its rivals' vulnerability to diseases like COVID-19, as well as an inability to efficiently respond and contain such diseases. In sum, despite a global pandemic with massive consequences, the simulation revealed that most states are not likely to dramatically change their strategic posture regarding pursuit of offensive biological weapons.</p>","PeriodicalId":12955,"journal":{"name":"Health Security","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139502358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-12-11DOI: 10.1089/hs.2023.0071
Andrew M Adams, Jessica Arrazola, Elizabeth R Daly, Megan Tompkins
{"title":"Threat Agnostic Epidemiology and Surveillance in US Public Health Agencies: Future Potential and Needs.","authors":"Andrew M Adams, Jessica Arrazola, Elizabeth R Daly, Megan Tompkins","doi":"10.1089/hs.2023.0071","DOIUrl":"10.1089/hs.2023.0071","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12955,"journal":{"name":"Health Security","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138803351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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