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SUMMARY:Dollars and disease: developing new perspectives for public health
  - Arinaminpathy\, N (Princeton University)
DTSTART:20130820T093000Z
DTEND:20130820T100000Z
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CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:In addressing current priorities in global health\, particular
 ly as embodied by the Millennium Development Goals\, there are diverse opp
 ortunities for the analysis of infectious disease epidemiology to contribu
 te to policy. Economic factors can play an important role in translating m
 athematical models to practical realities of policy formulation: for examp
 le\, linking cost-benefit analysis to mathematical modelling has been key 
 in evaluating and comparing different interventions for infectious disease
  control. \n\nMore broadly\, however\, changes in economic conditions can 
 also profoundly impact disease transmission\, whether in macroeconomic rec
 essions (as in the case of the recent global financial crisis) or in the u
 se of economic levers to facilitate disease control (such as global financ
 ing mechanisms). Addressing public health in these contexts  especially fo
 r diseases of poverty such as the big three  calls for a deeper understand
 ing of the role of economic systems in shaping disease transmission. Here 
 I will survey some recent and ongoing work representing steps in this dire
 ction. I will draw on examples from market dynamics\, operations modelling
  and economic recessions\, as well as highlighting important questions for
  future work\, aiming to understanding the role of economic systems in pub
 lic health.\n\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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